Supermarkets in Rio de Janeiro will be prohibited, starting next Wednesday (26), from providing plastic bags to their customers. This prohibition is part of a state law that obliges retail stores to replace plastic bags with bags made from renewable material. With the change, each consumer will receive a maximum of two bags made from more sustainable material; if the customer wants more, they will have to pay for them, at cost price of R$ 0.08.
According to the author of the law, Representative Carlos Minc (PSB), plastic bags made from fossil fuels, petroleum derivatives, and disposable items will no longer be part of the daily lives of the state's residents. "We will only have bags made primarily from fibers, such as sugarcane and corn, which can be used up to 50 times, that is, reusable," says the representative.
