Single-use plastics: A roadmap for sustainability

Policies Referenced

• Administrative Measures for the Paid Use of Plastic Bags at Commodity Retailing Places (2008), China
• Bogor Mayor Regulation regarding Reducing the Use of Plastic Bags (2018), Bogor, Indonesia
• Circular No. 159/2012/TT-BTC - Detailing and Guiding a Number of Articles of the Law on Environmental Protection Tax (2012), Vietnam
• Decreto Supremo que aprueba la reducción del plástico de un solo uso y promueve el consumo responsabledel plástico en las entidades del Poder Ejecutivo (2018), Peru
• Environment Management (Budget Amendment) Act 2019 (2019), Fiji
• Environment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Act (2016), Northern Territory, Australia
• Galapagos Ban on Plastics (2015), Galapagos, Ecuador
• Law No. 7153 amending the Environmental Law No. 2872 and other laws (2018), Turkey
• Ley núm. 21.100 Prohíbe la Entrega de Bolsas Plásticas de Comercio en Todo el Territorio Nacional (2018), Chile
• Los Angeles County Code Regulating the Use of Plastic Carryout Bags and Recyclable Paper Carryout Bags and Promoting the Use of Reusable Bags (2010), Los Angeles, United States
• Management measures for plastic carrier bags - Law 2939/2001 (2019), Greece
• Microbead-Free Waters Act (2015), United States
• Plastics Bags Control and Management Regulations (2018), Kenya
• Regional Regulation (PERDA) concerning Reducing the Use of Single-Use Plastic Products/Packaging (2019), Balikpapan, Indonesia
• Regulation of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 142 of 2019 concerning the Obligation to Use Environmentally Friendly Shopping Bags at Shopping Malls, Supermarkets, and Traditional Market (2019), Jakarta, Indonesia
• Regulation on Plastic Bags (No. R. 543 of 2002) (2002), South Africa
• San Francisco Environment Code - Chapter 17: Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance (2007), San Francisco, United States
• South Australia Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Regulations 2008 (2008), South Australia, Australia
• The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (2014), Scotland, United Kingdom
• The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) Regulations 2010 (2010), Wales, United Kingdom
• The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 (2015), England, United Kingdom
• Washington DC - Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act of 2009 (2009), Washington DC, US
• Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulation 2017 (2017), New South Wales, Australia
• Waste Management Act No 24 (2014), Vanuatu
• Waste Minimisation (Plastic Shopping Bags) Regulations 2018 (2018), New Zealand