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Saturday 18 January 2020

Plastic ban:
the law has passed

Continued from Page 15

• Single use plastic bags in supermarkets to
pack fruit and vegetables;
• Single use plastic cutlery;
• Single use plastic/styrofoam cups; Single
use plastic stirrers; Single use plastic straws;
• Single use plastic/styrofoam plates;
• Single use plastic/styrofoam containers
used for immediate consumption like fast
food containers;
• Suntan lotion/cream with Oxybenzone;
Biodegradable products not mentioned in the
list of exempted products.

What type of single use products exempt until
further notice?
• Single use plastic straw for medical use;
• Single use plastic/styrofoam recipient for
cold cuts and raw meats;
• Saran wrap; Plastic lids (non plastic/styro-
foam/biodegradable) on allowed con-
tainers/cups; Plastic food packages used
for prepackaging products by local food
manufactures for whole sale, their products
fall under the exemption in 'deel A & B - in-
dicated as "drankverpakkingen, borden en
zakjes en wikkels die voedingsmiddelen be- • Manufacturing of the prohibited products;
vatten"; What is the scope of the prohibition? • Sale of the prohibited products;
• Import of the prohibited products; • To offer of the prohibited products; q