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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 ...
Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. Reusable bags must be at least 2.25 mils. [363] British Columbia: Victoria: 17 December 2017: 1 July 2018: Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [364] Manitoba: Leaf Rapids: 22 March 2007: 2 April 2007: Single-use plastic shopping bag ban. [365] Thompson: 27 September 2010: 31 December 2010: Single-use ...
Single-use plastic bag ban. [294] Town of New Shoreham: January 1, 2018 Single-use plastic bag ban. [295] Town of Portsmouth: March 12, 2019 September 1, 2018 Single-use plastic bag ban. [296] City of Providence: May 1, 2019 October 22, 2019 Single-use plastic bag ban. [297] Town of South Kingstown: June 2018 January 1, 2019 Single-use plastic ...
The percentage of people calling for bans is up from 71% since 2019, while those who said they favoured products with less plastic packaging rose to 82% from 75%, according to the IPSOS poll of ...
Under the previous ban, SB 270, enacted July 1, 2015, grocery stores, retail stores with a pharmacy, convenience stores, food marts and liquor stores could use only reusable plastic bags made with ...
Hong Kong has long been a major producer and consumer of great food, and a great amount of plastic and Styrofoam to go with it. The regulation of disposable plastic tableware and other plastic ...
Other products are not included, for example, other personal care products, cleaning products, and make-up. States like California already had strict bans on microbeads that were designed to avoid loopholes that would allow for harmful substitutes, while other states, like Illinois, banned microbeads, but allowed for biodegradable plastic products.
Mar. 26—Say goodbye to single-use plastic bags in Santa Fe County. The County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an ordinance banning restaurants and retailers from providing single ...