Canada Bans Six Single-Use Plastic Product Categories 24 June 2022 Canada has adopted final regulations to prohibit as early as 20 December 2022 the manufacture, import and sale of six categories of single-use plastics: checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir sticks and st...
Victoria’s single-use plastic ban builds on the ban on lightweight plastic shopping bags that commenced in November 2019. More information on the plastic bag ban is available on the Environment Protection Authority website. Wehave detailed the dates foodservice related packaging items have been ba...
That’s because March 1 is the day that the city’s new ordinance banning single-use plastic bags takes effect.City leaders approved Ordinance No. 9996, which prohibits establishments in Lawrence from providing single-use disposable plastic bags to customers at the poi...
You’ll no longer be able to pay 25 fils at the till to get your hands on a single-use plastic bag, as of today. Dubai has now introduced a complete ban on one-time-use bags across the city for materials thinner than 57 micrometres. This ban extends beyond just those made from pla...
The first phase became effective on Dec. 20, prohibiting the manufacture and import for sale of six single-use plastics. This included checkout bags, cutlery, food service ware made from, or containing, problematic plastics that are hard to recycle, stir sticks, and straws, with the ...
Thailand started limiting single-use plastic before the pandemic, asking major retailers to stop handing out bags for free. But the policy has largely fallen by the wayside, with little uptake among the country's street food vendors. Thailand produces two million tons of plastic waste a year...
A ban(禁 ) on the use, sale and production生产)of single-use non-degradable(不可降解的)plastic(塑料的)products(产品) was carried out(执)across Hainan province on December 1. It is the first province in Chin a to ban this products.The products include bags, meal boxes, bowls and ...
The production and sale of plastic bags less than 0.025mm thick will be banned, as will plastic film less than 0.01mm thick for agricultural use. The banwill roll out in several phases. By the end of 2020, the country will phase out production of foam takeout boxes, plastic swabs, and...
The ban on single-use plastic bags was originally set to take effect on January 1, 2021. However, concerns about a limited supply of bags that complied with the ban led Gov. Jay Inslee to delay implementation. The new date for the ban to begin is October 1, 2021. A recent news releas...
Greece Announced Next Big Move to Limit Single-Use Plastics The grocery stores, food service businesses and other retail stores in the state will be prohibited from providing or selling customers with single-use plastic carryout bags. The ban will also be applicable to sale and distribution of ...