ArmInfo.The Armenian Ministry of Environment has proposed a total ban on the sale of all types of plastic bags and disposable tableware. This was stated by head of the department Hakob Simidyan on August 3 at a government meeting.
Thus, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that yesterday he was offered a plastic bag in the supermarket, which had already been used for 5 years. Meanwhile, according to legislative changes adopted in 2019, from January 1, 2022, a ban on the sale of bags up to 50 microns thick began to operate.
In response, Simidyan noted that the communities exercised control as far as possible, but this did not give a final result. Now the ministry has taken the initiative to ban the sale of plastic bags and single-use plastic containers.
Earlier, ArmInfo reported that Armenia plans to ban the sale of plastic bags with a thickness of more than 50 microns, as well as disposable plastic utensils and containers used for food packaging, from 2024.
