On international plastic bag-free day, environmental activists says they're encouraged by large retailers' efforts to reduce their plastic waste.

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3 July 2018

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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