Ban on single-use plastic bags from November 15

Ministry of Municipality announced on Thursday that the ban on single-use plastic bags, which has been approved by the Qatar Cabinet, will come into force on November 15, 2022.

Ahmed Youssef Al Emadi, Director of Legal Affairs Department of the ministry said that the ban will seek the end of sale and use of plastic bags with a thickness less than 40 microns and which are used only once before throwing or recycling.

Multi-use bags or biodegradable plastic bags can be used as alternatives, he said, adding that circulating, carrying or transferring single-use plastic bags is banned as well.

Hamad Jassim Al-Bahr, Director of the Waste Recycling and Treatment Department at the Ministry of Municipality, said the decision comes within a package of legal legislation, programmes and campaigns that the ministry has been working on for a long time, including, for example, the decision to sort solid waste, the program for sorting waste from the source, and the “zero waste” campaign. and others.