Thailand officially implemented a plastic restriction order on January 1, 2020, and 25,000 points of sale stopped providing plastic bags. This action is part of the government ’s initiative to reduce plastic waste.
Foreign media reported that Coca-Cola Amatil will stop distributing plastic straws and cocktail sticks in Australia, replacing them with paper straws approved by the Recyclable and Biodegradable Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
The Ukrainian Supreme Council announced in 2019 that it will ban shops from using plastic bags from January 2022.
On February 12, 2020, four U.S. representatives and senators proposed a bill to be passed by the U.S. Congress and the House of Representatives which named Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020.
The British government said on March 18 that the Welsh government would ban the use of single-use plastic products in Wales from the first half of 2021.
In April 2019, when scientists discovered a large amount of microplastics in the glacier near the Italian ski resort Pejo 3000, the ski resort Pejo 3000 is trying to become the world's first plastic-free ski resort ski area.
