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Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Personal Care and Cosmetics Products Containing Plastic Microbeads (in Chinese or English) This order, adopted under Article 21 of the Waste Disposal Act, bans the manufacture, import, and sale of cosmetic products used…
Vikrant Tongad v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 3747/2020 & CM APPL. 1342/2020 (30 June 2020) High Court of Delhi at New Delhi The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Ministry) issued a draft notification in March 2020 that proposed…
Guatemala – Plastic-related law Acuerdo Gubernativo No. 189-2019 (federal application) Ban on single-use plastic Acuerdo Gubernativo No. 189-2019 prohibits the use and distribution of single-use plastic bags, plastic straws, disposable plastic plates, glasses and stirrers, and disposable plastic or…
Costa Rica – Plastic-related Laws Ley para combatir la contaminación por plástico y proteger el ambiente, No. 9786 (26 Nov. 2019) Plastic Bags and Straws This law bans the sale or distribution of plastic bags by supermarkets and other retail…
Algeria Law n° 19-14 of 14 Rabie Ethani 1441 amends the VAT on plastic bags imported or produced locally to be 200 Dinar per kilogramme. The funds from this tax are divided between the general state budget (73%) and the…
Environment Management (Plastics) Regulations, 2015 (Malawi) The regulations ban the import, manufacture, trade and commercial distribution of “plastics, plastic bags and plastic sheets made of plastic film with a wall thickness of less than sixty micrometres.” Art. 3. The regulations…
