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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 ...
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. [293] Town of Narragansett: February 8, 2022 January 1, 2023 Single-use plastic bag ban. [294] City of Newport: November 1, 2017 Single-use plastic bag ban. [295] Town of New Shoreham: January 1, 2018 Single-use plastic bag ban. [296] Town of Portsmouth: March 12, 2019 September 1, 2018 Single-use plastic bag ban ...
Notes: York is again leading the way in proposing a ban on single-use plastics, according to local historian James Kences. He points out that only nine years ago, in 2015, York banned the use of ...
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 ...
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This prohibits certain retail and grocery stores from providing free, single-use, carryout bags to customers. Single-use plastic bags will be banned, and stores may sell reusable plastic or paper bags for a minimum of $0.10 per bag. [23] This law will only go into effect in areas without their own laws regarding single-use plastic bags.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday it will phase out single-use plastic products on public lands by 2032, including in national parks, in a move aimed at tackling ...