Rwanda plastic bag and single-use plastics ban
Rwanda banned plastic bags in 2008 and replaced that law with a wider single-use plastics ban in force from 23 September 2019, enforced with…
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Kenya plastic carrier bag ban
Kenya’s 2017 ban on plastic carrier bags is among the strictest in the world, with fines and prison terms for manufacture, import or use.
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Canada Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SOR/2022-138)
Canada’s bans on checkout bags, cutlery, foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws, in force since December 2022, were upheld by the Federal…
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California SB 1053 plastic checkout bag ban
From 1 January 2026 California stores may not provide any plastic checkout bag; paper bags must contain 40 percent recycled content and cost at…
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US state packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws (seven states)
Maine, Oregon, Colorado, California, Minnesota, Maryland and Washington have adopted laws making producers pay for managing their packaging waste (extended producer responsibility, EPR); Oregon’s…
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Australian Packaging Covenant and Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands (ANZPAC) Plastics Pact
Australia’s packaging scheme, where government sets the rules and industry runs it, and the ANZPAC Plastics Pact set 2025 targets for reusable, recyclable or…
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New South Wales single-use plastics bans
New South Wales (NSW) banned lightweight bags on 1 June 2022 and straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers, cotton buds, polystyrene foam food ware and microbeads…
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Western Australia single-use plastics bans
Western Australia (WA) has banned bags, straws, cutlery, plates, polystyrene foam containers and cups in stages since 1 July 2022, with produce bags from…
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Victoria single-use plastics bans
Victoria banned straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers, cotton buds and polystyrene foam food containers from 1 February 2023 and ended the exemption for items integrated…
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South Australia single-use plastics bans
South Australia was the first Australian state to ban single-use plastics, from 1 March 2021, and has since extended the list in annual tranches…