Regulation on Plastic Bags (No. R. 543 of 2002)

Geographic Coverage

South Africa

Level

National

Year Agreed

2002

Language

English

Included in analysis?

Yes

Trade linked?

Keyword(s)

Bags

Effectiveness Studies

Dikgang et al. , 2012. Analysis of the plastic bag levy in South Africa (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.06.009 )
Nhamo, 2005. Policy Instruments For Eliminating Plastic Bags From South Africa’s Environment (https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-ecology-and-the-environment/81/14805 )
O'Brien et al. , 2019. Plastic bag use in South Africa: Perceptions, practices and potential intervention strategies (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2018.11.051 )
United Nations Environment Programme, 2018. Single-use plastics: A roadmap for sustainability (https://www.unep.org/resources/report/single-use-plastics-roadmap-sustainability )
Xanthos and Walker, 2017. International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): a review (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.02.048 )

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