Armenia banning single-use plastic bags from 2022April 17, 2020 - 13:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Assembly on Friday, April 17 approved a bill banning the sale of plastic bags beginning from January 1, 2022. In February 2019, the Ministry of Nature Protection unveiled a draft law prohibiting the free provision of plastic bags starting from July 1, 2019. Under the bill, special taxes would be imposed for the sale of polyethylene bags from January 2020, while the sale of plastic bags will be banned in 2022. The Ministry argues that the widespread use of polyethylene bags in trade and service sectors has led to the emergence of environmental problems. Plastic packages thrown into the environment are preserved for a long time and do not undergo biological decomposition, resulting in major pollution. The average period of use of polyethylene bags is 10-15 minutes, while their biodegradation takes more than 100-400 years. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |