Ban on plastic bags enters into force in Armenia

Public Radio of Armenia

Jan 3 2022

January 3, 2022, 10:48

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From January 1, stores will no longer offer plastic bags. The ban applies to 50 micron bags. The sale is prohibited by law.

Before the law came into force, some businesses had already switched to alternative paper bags, and small manufacturers were already offering cloth bags.

From January 1, 2022, an administrative responsibility in the amount of 30 thousand drams is established for the use of plastic bags in trade centers. The next target is to ban the sale of plastic dishes.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS