Plastic Regulatory: Global Markets

Report Code: PLS123A

Publish Date: Jun 2023

Publisher: BCC Publishing

Category: Plastics

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Report Highlights

This report provides a detailed understanding of the regulations and requirements for plastics manufacturing, sales, distribution, and stocking. The report presents an assessment of the advantages, drawbacks, and unforeseen effects of banning plastic bags. The report also identifies the countries that have regulations on plastics.

Report Includes

  • A brief general outlook of the global markets for plastics regulations
  • Understanding of plastics regulatory and the status of plastic bag policies in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
  • Review of the impact of plastic bag bans and instruments most frequently used to address plastic pollution
  • Recommendation of actions that could potentially cut down on single-use plastics debris by half

Report Scope

Although banning plastic bags is becoming more popular as a policy solution to reduce plastic bag litter, opinions on its justification and efficacy are divided. This study examines the advantages, drawbacks, and unforeseen effects of banning plastic bags. The report identifies countries that have regulations on plastics.

The current report provides detailed exposure to regulatory requirements for plastics manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, and sale. Furthermore, the report also mentions countries where there are limits on thickness of plastic carrier bags.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The regulations vary from country to country. Most countries have an amendment to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, import, stocking, sale, and use of plastic carry bags with thicknesses less than 75 microns.
Single-use plastic items such as earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons; plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene, plastic plates, cups, glasses; cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives; straws, trays, and several other items are banned.
Australia, Bhutan, South Korea, Comoros, Tanzania, Argentina, Chile, Jamaica, Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, and several other countries have banned single-use plastic.
100 Microns is the thickness of the plastic cover permissible for use.
The most frequent instrument used was regulatory: to ban plastic at some stage in the life cycle.

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Table of Contents

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Title/Chapter NamePagesMember Price
Full Report: Plastic Regulatory: Global Markets36Free
Chapter- 1: Introduction2Free
Chapter- 2: Plastic Regulatory in Europe8Free
Chapter- 3: Plastic Regulatory in North America8Free
Chapter- 4: Plastic Regulatory in Asia-Pacific5Free
Chapter- 5: Plastic Regulatory in the African Region3Free
Chapter- 6: Plastic Regulatory in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean5Free
Chapter- 7: Impact of Plastic Bag Bans1Free
Chapter- 8: Conclusion3Free
Chapter- 9: Recommendation1Free

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