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Single-use plastic bag ban. [298] City of Newport: November 1, 2017 Single-use plastic bag ban. [299] Town of New Shoreham: January 1, 2018 Single-use plastic bag ban. [300] Town of Portsmouth: March 12, 2019 September 1, 2018 Single-use plastic bag ban. [301] City of Providence: May 1, 2019 October 22, 2019 Single-use plastic bag ban. [302 ...
The Canadian government planned to ban single-use plastics in 2021, including plastic straws, cotton swabs, stirrers, plates, cutlery, and balloon sticks. [362] Implementation of the ban was postponed to 20 December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Plastic bans are laws that prohibit the use of polymers manufactured from petroleum or other fossil fuels, given the pollution and threat to biodiversity that they cause.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 ...
The City of Carlsbad is looking at a possible ban of single-use plastic bags. Plastic bag ban good policy for Las Cruces Las Cruces' plastic bag ban took effect on Jan. 1, 2022.
Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Thursday that she says will make Massachusetts the first state to ban the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. Massachusetts buys ...
The new guidance covers checkout bags, eating utensils, food containers, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws.
Montana — Bozeman citizens passed a polystyrene ban through a citizen initiative in November 2024 by a vote of 63%, after supporters of the ballot initiative prevailed in a District Court lawsuit regarding HB407, a state law preempting local single-use plastic bans.
Doylestown Township proposes ordinance to ban single-use plastic bags. The ordinance, which would go into effect 180 days after it is enacted, will prohibit the use of single-use plastic bags and ...