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Greece's Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) announced on Thursday it had seized 1.2 tonnes of processed cannabis inside a container at the port of Piraeus.

Authorities believe the container came from the Maltese-flagged freighter Cartagena Trader, which left Beirut on 21 December 2019 and was heading to Misrata, Libya.

Since Turkey banned the handing out of most free plastic bags nearly a year ago, usage of the bags has fallen by over three-fourths, according to government data.

With usage dropping 77.27%, some 150,000 tons of plastic have been saved over the last 11 months, said Environment and Urbanization Ministry officials.

What happens to a plastic bottle after you throw it into the waste bin? Experts say almost any plastic can be recycled if you do it right.

Free metro tickets for Rome residents in exchange for plastic bottles. This is part of the plan to make the city more environmentally friendly.

Romanian companies in the packaging and packaging solutions industry present their products, along with the largest players in the packaging market in Europe, in front of an estimated 45,000 visitors of the FachPack trade fair in Germany, that is being held 24-26 September, according to a release of the Ministry for Business Milieu, Trade and Entrepreneurship sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

A ban on the sale of disposable plastic bottles at an international airport comes into force in San Francisco.

Travelers who only want water will have to buy reusable aluminum or glass bottles if they do not carry their own.

San Francisco Airport dealers are required to use only disposable plastic containers and utensils.

The Sun newspaper recommends Bulgaria as the cheapest destination for "alcohol holiday" in Europe this summer. The British tabloid advises its readers to avoid France where beer is worth more than three times more expensive than in Bulgaria

More than 80 countries have already introduced similar bans, writes NOVA TV. 

New Zealand officially banned disposable plastic bags, introducing heavy fines for companies that continue to provide them.

Plastic pollution has become a growing global concern, with a million birds and more than 100,000 marine mammals injured or killed each year.

Greek authorities seized a huge number Captagon pills from a freighter at Piraeus port on Wednesday, which may prove to be the largest haul ever achieved in the country.
The drugs were stashed inside 60 pallets loaded with lumber products found in three containers. Officials have so far counted 1.4 million pills in just one of the pallets. Counting is expected to take a few days.

The EU Council today approved the introduction of new restrictions on certain disposable plastic products, reported Dnevnik.bg