Table 9.

Various steps by various countries (Laskar et al. 2019)

Country	Policies
United States	San Francisco bans the sale of any kind of plastic water bottle
	California is the first state to ban plastic shopping bags
	In 2015 a bill was passed to ban all cosmetics products that contain plastics microbeads
Ireland	A bill was introduced in 2002 to charge 10 cents fee for plastic bags and 4 cents if it goes for the recycling program again
France	It passed a law ‘Plastic Ban’ in 2016 to ban all plastic by 2020
Sweden	It is the world's largest recycling nation. Less than 1% of Sweden's household waste goes to dumping yards. It recycles all most every waste
China	It passed a Law in 2008, the consumer has to pay for the use of plastic bags, and within two years, usage of plastic bags dropped by 50%
India	Union Government of India banned the use of plastic bags below 50 µm in 2016, amended under Plastic waste Management rules 2016
Bangladesh	In 2002 government of Bangladesh banned the use of thin plastic bags, and in 2020, single-use plastic was strictly banned in coastal areas, hotels, and motels by the High Court of Bangladesh