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…
Cutlery, straws and cups
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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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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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California SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act
California’s 2022 law requires all single-use packaging to be recyclable or compostable by 2032, a 25 percent cut in plastic packaging and producer-funded extended…
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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…