Indonesia's capital city bans plastic bags from street markets and shopping malls
Governor Anies Baswedan signed order banning the bags from June this year. Comes after holiday island of Bali introduced similar law to clean up its beaches. Indonesia is the world's second-largest plastic pollution producer after China.
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