Single-use plastic products: new bans

As of 1^er in january 2021, the sale and making available of certain plastic products is progressively prohibited after disposal of stocks ordered before 2021 and at the latest by 1^er July 2021. These are:

• all cutlery, except those used in prisons, health facilities and in air, rail and sea transport and non-food dosing utensils, which shall be allowed until 3 July 2021;
• cardboard disposable plates with plastic film and compostable plastic plates;
• expanded polystyrene boxes for take-out or take-out food at the point of sale;
• cups, whether or not compostable, in particular those of expanded polystyrene;
• beverage lids and caps;
• straws, with the exception of those intended for medical purposes;
• soft drinks' toilets;
• bottles made available free of charge in places open to the public and in professional settings, or distributed during festive, sporting or cultural events;
• steak barbs;
• confetti and sequins;
• balloon shafts;
• all oxo-degradable plastic articles (plastic containing additives which lead to fragmentation of the plastic into micro-fragments or to chemical decomposition under the effect of oxidation).