Ghana is to begin the production of paper shopping bags from bamboo to reduce the country�s reliance on plastic bags. The minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ms Sherry Ayittey, said towards that end, the ministry would assist the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) with a plant to produce the paper bags. According to the Minister, the move was to help in the shift from the usage of plastic bags in shopping and trading activities to paper bags.