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Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. [364] British Columbia: Victoria: 17 December 2017: 1 July 2018: Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [365] Manitoba: Leaf Rapids: 22 March 2007: 2 April 2007: Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [366] Thompson: 27 September 2010: 31 December 2010: Single-use ...
Single-use plastic bag ban. [305] County of Charleston: March 2019 January 1, 2020 Single-use plastic bag ban. [306] Town of Edisto Beach: April 11, 2019 January 1, 2020 Single-use plastic bag ban. [307] Town of Hilton Head Island: January 10, 2018 November 1, 2018 Single-use plastic bag ban. [308] City of Isle of Palms: March 2019 January 1, 2020
A growing number of countries have instituted plastic bag bans, and a ban on single-use plastic (such as throw-away forks or plates), and are looking to spread bans to all plastic packaging, plastic clothing (such as polyester and acrylic fiber, or any other form of unnecessary plastic that could be replaced with an easily biodegradeable, non ...
Worries over discarded single-use trash bags across New Mexico has the state eyeing a potential ban. Some communities are already acting on their own. New Mexico communities want a ban on single ...
The regulation of disposable plastic tableware and other plastic products in Hong Kong aims to reduce their use at the source to cut down on pollution, Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection ...
The county becomes the largest government entity to restrict single-use plastic food ware items from restaurants and other commercial operations. L.A. County restricts single-use plastics for ...
In 2019, the state New York banned single use plastic bags and introduced a 5-cent fee for using single use paper bags. The ban will enter into force in 2020. The ban will enter into force in 2020. This will not only reduce plastic bag usage in New York state (23 billion every year until now), but also eliminate 12 million barrels of oil used ...
Georgia — South Fulton banned single-use plastics in 2019. [109] Atlanta banned polystyrene at city-owned buildings, including Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. [110] Illinois — Oak Park [111] and River Forest [112] have enacted bans. In 2023, the state legislature passed a ban affecting state agencies and universities. [113]