The corresponding standard formulated by Standards Australia to regulate controllable composting degradable materials entering the Australian market is AS 4736 Biodegradable Plastics Suitable for Composting or Other Biological Treatment.
The Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of China has implemented a series of plastic reduction measures to protect the environmental quality of Macao. Macao will ban the import of non-biodegradable disposable plastic knives, forks and spoons from 2023.
According to a report by the Canadian Television Network (CTV) on June 20, 2022, the Canadian government announced a ban on single-use plastic products such as plastic bags and plastic lunch boxes. In addition to plastic bags and plastic lunch boxes, the "plastic ban" also involves single-use plastic cutlery, plastic straws, plastic stirring rods and six-pack plastic rings (a plastic product that holds beverages).
The World Earth Day in 2022 is on April 22. This is the 52nd anniversary of the World Earth Day and is commemorated by various events around the world.
The Netherlands will partially ban single-use plastics in 2024. This was reported in a letter dated 29 March 2022 by Vivianne Heijnen, State Secretary at the Netherlands Ministry of Environment, to the Second House of Parliament.
On April 7, 2022, Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, announced that it will ban the use of single-use plastic bags from June.
