Appendix 2: References for Table 1 and Table 2 on legislation for certain plastic items and polymers/​monomers

Barcelona Convention (2021). Amendments to the Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean in the Framework of Article 15 of the Land Based Sources Protocol. Decision IG.25/9. Last retrieved 19.01.2024. Available online: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/37131/21ig25_27_2509_eng.pdf

Basel Convention (2022). Draft compilation of information, best practices and lessons learned on measures taken by key stakeholders (including governments and private sector), to prevent and reduce single use plastic waste and packaging waste. Third meeting of the Plastic Waste Partnership working group. UN Doc. UNEP/CHW/PWPWG.3/INF/6.

Department of the Environment of Belize (2020). Environmental Protection (Pollution from Plastics) Regulations, 2020. Statutory Instrument No. 8 of 2020. Current as of 15.01.2020. Last retrieved on 17.01.2024. Available online: https://doe.gov.bz/download/pollution-from-plastics-regulations-2020/

Department of the Environment of Belize (2022). Environmental Protection (Pollution from Plastics) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022. Statutory Instrument No. 17 of 2022. Current as of 22.01.2022. Last retrieved on 17.01.2024. Available online: https://doe.gov.bz/download/si-no-17-of-2022-environmental-protection-pollution-from-plastics-amendment/

Diana, Z., Vegh, T., Karasik, R., Bering, J., Caldas, J. D. L., Pickle, A., Rittdchof, D., Lau, W. , Virdin, J. (2022). The evolving global plastics policy landscape: An inventory and effectiveness review. Environmental Science & Policy 134: 34-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.03.028

East African Community (2016). The East African Community Polythene Materials Control Bill 2016. East African Community Gazette No. 12 of 18^th November 2016. Current as of 06.06.2017. Last retrieved on 16.01.2024. Available online: https://www.eala.org/documents/view/the-east-african-community-polythene-materials-control-bill-2016

European Union (1994). Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste. Last retrieved on 01 December 2023. Available online: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1994/62/oj

European Union (2004). Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. Last retrieved on 16.01.2024. Available online: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2004/12/oj

European Union (2015). Directive (EU) 2015/720 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Directive 94/62/EC as regards reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags. Last retrieved on 01.12.2023. Available online: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2015/720/oj

European Union (2018). Directive (EU) 2018/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. Last retrieved on 01.12.2023. Available online:  http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2018/852/oj

European Union (2019). Directive 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. Last retrieved 01.12.2023. Available online:  http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/904/oj

European Union (2023). Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 of 25 September 2023 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards synthetic polymer microparticles (Text with EEA relevance). Available online: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ%3AJOL_2023_238_R_0003&qid=1695804976302 

Government of Argentina (2022). Disposición 9365/2022. Current as of 22.11.2022. Last retrieved on 17.01.2024. Available online in Spanish: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/disposici%C3%B3n-9365-2022-375447/texto

Government of Belarus (2020). Presidential Decree No. 16 On improvement of the procedure for waste and package management. Current as of 17.01.2020. Last retrieved on 22.01.2024. Available online in Belarussian from: https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/blr195465.pdf

Government of Canada (2017). Microbeads in Toiletries Regulations (SOR/2017-111). Current as of 02.06.2017. Last retrieved on 19.01.2024. Available online: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2017-111/FullText.html#:~:text=Prohibitions&text=3%20(1)%20A%20person%20must,or%20after%20July%201%2C%202018.

Government of Canada (2023). Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SOR/2022-138). Current as of 14.11.2023. Last retrieved on 01.12.2023. Available online:  https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2022-138/

Government of Chile (2021). Law N°21.368 Limiting the Generation of Disposable Products and Regulating Plastics. Current as of 06.08.2021. Last retrieved on 08.01.2024. Available online in Spanish: https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1163603

Government of Colombia (2020). “Por la cual se prohíbe en el territorio nacional la fabricación, importación, exportación, comercialización y distribución de plásticos de un solo uso, se establecen medidas tendientes a la reducción de su producción u consume, y se dictan otras disposiciones.” Proyecto de Ley 010 de 2020 Cámara, Acumulado con el Proyecto de Ley 274 de 2020 Cámara. Current as of 14.07.2020. Last retrieved on 17.01.2024. Available online in Spanish: https://www.camara.gov.co/camara/visor?doc=/sites/default/files/2021-02/TEXTO%20APROBADO%20PL%20010%20de%202020C%20acum%20PL%20274%20de%202020C.07.14.2020.pdf

Government of Ecuador (2020). Ley orgánica para la racionalización, reutilización, y reducción de plásticos de un solo uso. Current as of 21.12.2020. Last retrieved on 22.01.2024. Available online from: https://perma.cc/N8L8-9XQY

Government of Indonesia (2019). MoEF decree No. P.75/2019 on Roadmap to Waste Reduction by Producers. Current as of 01.10.2019. Last retrieved 22.01.2024. Available online in Bahasa: https://jdih.menlhk.go.id/new/uploads/files/P_75_2019_PETA_JALAN_SAMPAH_menlhk_12162019142914.pdf

Government of Ireland (2019). Microbeads (Prohibition) Act 2019. (Act 52 of 2019) Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019 (Bill 41 of 2019). Current as of 26.12.2019. Last retrieved on 19.01.2024. Available online: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2019/41/

Government of the Maldives (2022). The Maldives bans production and sales of single-use plastics effective from 1st June 2022. Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy.

Government of Mauritius (2020). Government Notices No. 156 of 2020 - Regulations made by the Minister under section 96 of the Environment Protection Act. Current as of 18.07.2020. Last retrieved on 16.01.2024. Available online: https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/sites/default/files/plastics-policies/12004_N_2020_Environmental_Protection_Control_of.pdf 

Government of Oman (2022). Ministerial Decision 519/2022 regarding the ban on the import of plastic bags. Current as of 01.01.2023. Last retrieved on 23.01.2024. Available online in Arabic: https://mjla.gov.om/eng/legislation/decisions/details.aspx?Id=1859&type=D

Government of Panama (2020). Regulating the Reduction and Progressive Replacement of Single-Use Plastics in 2021. Law No. 187 in the Official Gazette of the National Assembly No. 29167-B of 02 December 2020. Last retrieved on 17.01.2024. Available online in Spanish: https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/pdfTemp/29167_B/GacetaNo_29167b_20201202.pdf

Government of Peru (2018). Ley No. 30884 que Regula el Plástico de Un Solo Uso y los Recipientes o Envases Descartables. Current as of 18.12.2018. Last retrieved on 23.01.2024. Available online in Spanish: https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/1267346/Ley%20N%C2%B0%2030884.pdf?v=1598548238

Government of the Republic of Korea (2023). Special bill on microplastic reduction and management. Current as of 06.05.2023. Last retrieved on 19.01.2024. Available online in Korean: https://images.chemycal.com/Media/Files/2122488_%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4%E1%84%89%E1%85%A1%E1%84%80%E1%85%AE%E1%86%A8_%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4%E1%84%8B%E1%85%A1%E1%86%AB%E1%84%80%E1%85%AA_%E1%84%8B%E1%85%B4%E1%84%8B%E1%85%A1%E1%86%AB%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AF%E1%86%AB%E1%84%86%E1%85%AE%E1%86%AB.pdf

Government of Saint Lucia (2019). Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) Act No. 22 of 2019. Current as of 01.07.2019. Last retrieved on 17.01.2024. Available online: https://www.fao.org/faolex/results/details/en/c/LEX-FAOC192216/#:~:text=Saint%20Lucia-,Styrofoam%20and%20Plastic%20Food%20Service%20Containers%20(Prohibition)%20Act%20No.,containers%20and%20for%20related%20matters.

Government of Thailand (2019). Announcement of the Ministry of Public Health on specifying the characteristics of cosmetics Cosmeceuticals Prohibited Production, Import, or Sale (No. 2) B.E. 2019. Current as of 01.01.2020. Last retrieved on 19.01.2024. Available online in Thai:  https://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2562/E/312/T_0004.PDF

Government of Ukraine (2021). Law "On Restricting the Circulation of Plastic Bags on the Territory of Ukraine" №1489-IX. Current as of 7.06.2021. Last retrieved on 23.01.2024. Available online: https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-pidpisav-zakon-pro-zaboronu-vikoristannya-plastiko-68861

Government of the United Kingdom. (2020). The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020. UK Statutory Instruments 2020 No. 971. Current as of 10.09.2020. Last retrieved on 08.01.2024. Available online: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/971/introduction

Government of the United Kingdom (2021). The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021. Scottish Statutory Instruments 2021 No. 410. Current as of 01.06.2022. Last retrieved on 08.01.2024. Available online: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/410/introduction/made

Government of the United Kingdom (2023). The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023. UK Statutory Instruments 2023 No. 982. Current as of 01.10.2023. Last retrieved on 08.01.2024. Available online: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/982/contents/made

Government of the United Kingdom (2023). The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023. Acts of Senedd Cymru 2023 asc 2. Current as of 06.06.2023. Last retrieved on 08.01.2024. Available online: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/2/introduction

Karasik, R., T., Vegh, Z., Diana, J., Bering, J., Caldas, J., Pickle, A., Rittschof, D., Virdin, J. (2020). 20 Years of Government Responses to the Global Plastic Pollution Problem: The Plastics Policy Inventory. NI X 20-05. Durham, NC: Duke University. Available online: https://tinyurl.com/3v5dubuj 

Kwori, M. W. (2019). South Sudan’s ban of plastic carrier bags: An empirical move or an emulation? City and Environment Interactions 2, 100019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cacint.2019.100019

Lara, O. H., Spalding, M. J., Navarrete, A. H., Park, C. A., Braestrup, A. (2020). The current state of law on plastic pollution in Mexico and a view toward the future. In Plastics in the Aquatic Environment-Part II: Stakeholders' Role Against Pollution (pp. 221-254). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Liu, J., Yang, Y., An, L., Liu, Q., Ding, J. (2022). The Value of China’s Legislation on Plastic Pollution Prevention in 2020. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 108: 601–608. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03366-6

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India (2021). Government notifies the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting identified single use plastic items by 2022. Current as of 13.08.2021. Last retrieved on 08.01.2024. Available online: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1745433  

Ministry for the Environment of New Zealand (2022). Plastic and Related Products Regulations 2022. Current as of 01.07.23. Last retrieved on 08.01.24. Available online: https://environment.govt.nz/acts-and-regulations/regulations/plastic-and-related-products-regulations-2022/

Seo, Y., & Kudo, F. (2022). Charging plastic bags: Perceptions from Japan. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 1(5), e0000011. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000011

UNEP (2018). Legal Limits on Single-Use Plastics and Microplastics: A Global Review of National Laws and Regulations. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi, Kenya. Available online: https://tinyurl.com/2wv7pb5p 

Xinhua News Agency (2020). China reveals plan to cut plastic use by 2025. Current as of 19.01.2020. Last retrieved 08.01.24. Available online: http://english.www.gov.cn/statecouncil/ministries/202001/19/content_WS5e243ea1c6d0db64b784ccd1.html