In January 2009, the Government of India imposed a ban on the use of all plastic shopping bags in it's capital city of New Delhi - population 14 million.A new industry now recycles newspapers into shopping bags. The bags tend to fall apart at the glued seams if they get wet or if the shopping is too heavy. However, Indians are extremely good at innovation and they will come up with a solution that works. I'm looking forward to it spreading to the rest of the country.
