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Plastic bag ban including bags used for newspapers and flyers [377] Montreal: 23 August 2016: 1 January 2018: Ban of plastic bags including biodegradable. Reusable bags must be at least 50 microns thickness. [378] Saskatchewan: Regina: 31 May 2020 1 February 2022 Single-use plastic shopping bag ban effective following COVID-19 pandemic. [379 ...
The state of Maharashtra, India effected the Maharashtra Plastic and Thermocol Products ban 23 June 2018, subjecting plastic users to fines and potential imprisonment for repeat offenders. [247] [248] In the year 2022 India has begun to implement a country wide ban on different sorts of plastic.
China has a phased-in program of plastic bans from 2020 to 2025 on products from bags, to straws, to cutlery, to certain packaging, to items in hotels. [ 5 ] As of May 2024 [update] , 12 states in the United States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington ...
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 ...
In April 2022, The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officially released the 1000 peso bill polymer bank note into circulation. [18] In December 2024, the BSP (Central Bank of the Philippines) has announced that they will be issuing polymer notes in the denominations of 500, 100, and 50 pesos in the first quarter of 2025.
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In California, the legislature passed SB54 in June 2022 as the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. [96] The law codifies extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements for plastics, including a requirement that polystyrene be banned if recycling rates do not reach 25% by 2025.
The Philippines is stopping the issuance of visas to foreigners, banning all nationalities from entering the country to halt the spread of coronavirus, its foreign minister said on Thursday.