State support or oppose and local bands on plastic . Take a look at some of the headlines, this from Minnesota Public Radio where target is headquartered. The target head target customers call on the retailer eliminate plastic bags and in stores. In new jersey, the state with the headline from the philadelphia inquirer, new jersey moves closer to banning plastic bags and paper enacted,they write if new jersey would be the ninth bags to ban plastic preserve the environment and reduce the impact of harmful chemicals. In oregon, the headline, oregons single use plastic ban in effect january 1. They note some 16 cities throughout oregon have a similar band. Oregon will join california, new york, and hawaii banning single use plastic bags and there is denverite. Ne from denver shoppers will stop paying bagslastic and pay for 2020. They quote scientists saying plastic bags for a 10 minute trip to the Grocery Store can be around for a 500 to 1000 years. The numbers put together by national ge
And you can get all the latest on our website. That is bbc. Co. Uk news. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Wto warning. As global trade growth forecasts are slashed, we look at how trade wars have hit australia. And india plastic band. How Narendra Modi aims to conquer the countrys rubbish mountains. Hello and welcome to this mid week edition of Asia Business report. I am Sharanjit Leyl business report. I am Sharanjit Leyl. We start with the global economy, because the World Trade Organisation has slashed its forecast for trade growth year by more than half, warning that Living Standards and jobs could be hit. The effects of the us china conflict are already being felt in many countries, including australia. Yesterday, it Central Bank Cut the cost of borrowing to a fresh record low. Earlier i asked an analyst whether rate cuts are the best way to deal with a global slowdown. Whether rate cuts are the best way to deal with a global slowdownm terms of rate cuts
India, a country of more than a billion people is expected today to begin an initiative to clamp down on single use plastic including bags, cups, straws and disposable cutlery by 2022 but at a time when the government is concerned aboutjobs its rumoured the Modi Administration will hold off from introducing an outright ban. India creates almost 26,000 tons of Plastic Waste a day, thats roughly 115 times the same weight as the statue of liberty. And they arent alone. According to the un the world throws away 300 million tons of Plastic Waste each year thats enough to fill 65 million shipping containers. A lot of that ends up in the ocean, with Marine Plastic pollution estimated to costs the world between 500 billion and 2. 5 trillion a year in lost earnings. But even the thought of a proposal to limit plastics in india has already spooked businesses and manufacturers. Suranjana tewari travelled to gorakhpur in northern Uttar Pradesh to speak to some of them. India has one of the Fastest
Well pick through the details of the johnson plan, analyse whats new and get all the reaction. Also in outside source President Trump takes the impeachment inquiry to a new level accusing the whistleblower of being a spy and a top democrat of treason. And in hong kong hundreds of people take part in a peaceful sit in outside the school of a teenager shot by police. Eu leaders are considering borisjohnsons new brexit proposal, which was hand delivered this afternoon. In this letter, addressed to the European Commission president jean Claude Juncker, mrjohnson outlines his new plan. The most significant change is what happens in Northern Ireland. The new plan would scrap the back stop. The mechanism designed to stop physical checkpoints on the border between with the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland, by potentially keeping the whole of the uk inside the eus Customs Union. Brexiteers were never fans of that. So under mrjohnsons new proposal, Northern Ireland would stay in the eu S
A National Emergency and build it very quickly. Another round of talks to end the almost two week u. S. Government shutdown shows no sign of progress with President Trump saying he made a National Emergency to build support a war without congressional approval. You can read more about top stories a. New episode of the big picture coming up next. On this weeks show people have been hurt by the Government Shutdown but so has planet earth and well learn just how. All the political noise is simply the soundtrack of one outspoken journalist calls the trump circus has the Mainstream Media failed in its mission im holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. America. People who do what i do for a living t. V. And radio broadcasters usually dont get to do their last show management fears what they might say in one nine hundred seventy seven the Movie Network won for Academy Awards and was nominated for six others and more recently was revived on broadway starring Bryan Cranston