{"id":283703,"date":"2020-11-04T17:46:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T20:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=283703"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T20:48:59","slug":"oman-banning-single-use-bags-from-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/oman-banning-single-use-bags-from-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman banning single-use bags from 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 In Oman, an Arab Gulf country, single-use plastic bags will be banned from January next year, national daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofoman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of Oman<\/a> reported according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arab News<\/a>. Most consumers have pledged their support for more environment-friendly shopping.<\/p>\n<p>A poll by the Oman\u2019s Environment Authority shows that about three of five consumers were ready to ditch single-use plastic bags, while about 9% of consumers have switched to reusable and more environment-friendly bags. Others meanwhile are seeking more time to adjust.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to ban single-use plastic bags was based on the country\u2019s Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Law. The Environment Authority is preparing to implement the decision that prohibits companies and institutions from making single-use plastic shopping bags. Violators could be fined as much as USD 5,200, and the penalties are doubled for repeat offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Oman faces \u201cserious environmental challenges related mainly to environmental protection and public health, from the danger of plastic bags, whose effect remains as long-term non-degradable plastic waste, in addition to the difficulty of collecting and recycling them,\u201d the authority said, adding that it was necessary to develop policies and guidelines for manufacturers and suppliers to ensure the correct transition to reusable bags.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-283700\">Mohammed Mahjoub\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arab country will adopt ban on plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable and more environment-friendly bags. Nine percent have actually ditched them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":283700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[2012,28906,2030,17887,17888,17881],"class_list":{"0":"post-283703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-meio-ambiente-en","10":"tag-oman","11":"tag-plastic-bags","12":"tag-reusable-bags","13":"tag-sacolas-plasticas"},"wps_subtitle":"The Arab country will adopt ban on plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable and more environment-friendly bags. Nine percent have actually ditched them.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}