plastic bags – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Fri, 01 Jul 2022 20:19:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Fines to be imposed on individuals, businesses for single-use plastic bags after one-month awareness raising campaign https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/07/01/fines-to-be-imposed-on-individuals-businesses-for-single-use-plastic-bags-after-one-month-awareness-raising-campaign/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/07/01/fines-to-be-imposed-on-individuals-businesses-for-single-use-plastic-bags-after-one-month-awareness-raising-campaign/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:45:25 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=182800 TIRANA, July 1 /ATA/ – Hefty fines ranging from 500.000 lek to 1.5 million lek will be imposed on any individual and economic operators as of Friday, July 1, as provisions of the amended law on integrated waste management will be enforced after a month-long public awareness campaign on the ban of single-use plastic bags throughout the territory of Albania.

The law entered into force on June 1, but the authorities decided to allow for an one-month period to inform citizens and businesses on the ban of the single-use plastic bags before penalties and fines were to impose on violators of the legislation.

A study from 2016 found that people used three single-use plastic bags per day, translating to 3.2 billion per year or 26,300 tons.

Albania has banned by law production, import and sale of disposable plastic bags, including those that are defined as oxo-degradable or oxo-biodegradable. The legislation excludes those with a thickness of at least 70 microns that can hold a minimum of ten kilograms. They can’t be smaller than 50 times 24 centimetres in size.

The government expects the pollution to be lowered by 8% within two years with the new rule.

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