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Costa Rica’s Plastic Laws

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: Select plastic laws

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…

Chile: Select plastic laws

Prohíbe la Entrega de Bolsas Plásticas de Comercio en Todo el Territorio Nacional, Ley No. 21.100 (2018). (“bolsas plásticas de comercio”)

Malawi: Select plastic laws

  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…

Antigua and Barbuda: Select plastic laws

Plastic and Styrofoam bans The External Trade (Shopping Plastic Bags Production) Order, 2017, bans the import, distribution, sale, and use of plastic bags. Art. 3. The law exempts aa list of plastic bags including bread wrapping, wrap for fresh meat…

Benin: Select plastic laws

The law bans the production, importation, exportation, sale, keeping, distribution, and use of non-biodegradable plastic bags (Articles 2-4).

Senegal: Select plastic laws

Senegal Loi relative à la prévention et la réduction de l’incidence sur l’environnement des produits plastiques, la loi n° 2020-04 du 08 Janvier 2020 Senegal’s 2020 law addresses prevention and reduction of impacts on the environment and human health of…

Vanuatu: Select plastic laws

Vanuatu Plastic Related Laws Waste Management Regulations Order No. 15 of 2018 (pursuant to authority under Waste Management Act No. 24 of 2014): Regulates the manufacturing and distribution of single-use plastics as waste management – “Prohibition of the manufacturing [and…