British Columbia Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation (B.C. Reg. 254/2023)
British Columbia bans plastic checkout bags and plastic single-use cutlery, restricts foam takeaway ware, and sets minimum charges for paper and reusable bags.
Bags
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Northern Territory plastic bag ban and proposed single-use plastics ban
The Northern Territory has banned lightweight plastic shopping bags since 1 September 2011 but, as at September 2026, has not legislated the single-use plastics…
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Tasmania plastic bag ban and proposed single-use plastics ban
Tasmania has banned lightweight plastic shopping bags since 1 November 2013 but, as at September 2026, has no state-wide ban on other single-use plastics;…
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Australian Capital Territory single-use plastics bans
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) banned plastic cutlery, stirrers and polystyrene foam food containers from 1 July 2021, adding straws, cotton buds and oxo-degradable…
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Queensland single-use plastics bans
Queensland banned straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers and polystyrene foam food ware from 1 September 2021, adding cotton buds, microbeads, heavyweight bags and balloon releases…
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Bangladesh polythene bag ban
Bangladesh was the first country to ban thin polythene bags, in 2002, after they blocked drains and worsened flooding; enforcement lapsed and was relaunched…
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Chile plastic bag ban and single-use plastics law
Chile banned plastic shopping bags in large retail from February 2019 and all commerce from August 2020, and its 2021 single-use plastics law completed…
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Japan mandatory plastic bag charge and Plastic Resource Circulation Act
Japan made retailers charge for plastic shopping bags from July 2020 and, from April 2022, requires businesses to reduce twelve single-use plastic items.
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China phased single-use plastics restrictions
China’s 2020 plan bans non-degradable bags in major cities, single-use straws in food service and polystyrene foam tableware, with national standards now referencing design…
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India ban on 19 single-use plastic items
India’s Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules banned 19 single-use plastic items from 1 July 2022, with enforcement widely reported as weak.