Less Plastic for Life
What is Colombia’s Single-Use Plastics Law?
Law 2232 of 2022 mandates the elimination of 21 single-use plastic products. Starting July 7, 2024, the production and sale of eight specific plastic products will cease. The goal is to completely eliminate all 21 plastic products by 2030.
Colombia dice #MenosPlásticosPorLaVida al despedirse de 8 productos plásticos?? el próximo 7 de julio. Con la ley 2232, el país apuesta por la #PazConLaNaturaleza y da la bienvenida a productos sostenibles para nuestro ambiente. pic.twitter.com/VpYWDTq7kM
— MinAmbiente Colombia (@MinAmbienteCo) June 22, 2024
Initially, the following will be removed:
- Payment point bags used for packing, carrying, or transporting packages and goods, except reusable or industrial-use bags.
- Bags used for packing newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and invoices.
- Bags used in laundries for packing washed clothes.
- Rolls of empty bags in commercial areas for packing, carrying, or transporting packages and goods, or for carrying bulk food, except for raw animal products.
- Plastic stirrers.
- Drinking straws.
- Plastic cotton swab sticks.
- Plastic pump supports.
¡No más pitillos plásticos! Este 7 de julio, Colombia se despide de 8 productos plásticos de un solo uso, incluyendo el pitillo. #YoDejoElPlásticoPor un futuro más sostenible. pic.twitter.com/V7QT8gTF4w
— MinAmbiente Colombia (@MinAmbienteCo) June 23, 2024
Grand Pact on Single-Use Plastics
On November 21, 2023, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development signed the pact to reduce single-use plastics.
More than 35 associations and institutions involved in the production of single-use plastics participated in this event, committing to the gradual reduction of these products, which significantly pollute national ecosystems.
Learn more about the grand pact for the elimination of single-use plastics.
El 7 de julio es el comienzo de un cambio. las bolsas de empaque de revistas ?? y recibos se retiran del mercado. Implementamos la Ley 2232 de 2022. ¡Juntos por un ? con #MenosPlásticosXLaVida! pic.twitter.com/HklWgFiJcU
— MinAmbiente Colombia (@MinAmbienteCo) June 23, 2024
National Government Goals for Reducing Single-Use Plastics
Colombia, through the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, aims to ensure that by 2030, 100% of single-use plastics on the market are reusable, recyclable, or compostable (biodegradable by organisms). The goals are divided into three phases: 2024, 2025, and 2030. It is acknowledged that various sectors and institutions in the country have been advancing towards a circular economy for the substitution of these elements.
¿Sabías que las bolsas de lavandería de plástico perjudican nuestro ambiente? ? Cada año, millones de ellas acaban en vertederos y océanos, contaminando y afectando la vida marina y el planeta.#MenosPlásticosPorLaVida pic.twitter.com/1bdpnhbZRq
— MinAmbiente Colombia (@MinAmbienteCo) June 22, 2024
Colombia recycles 163 thousand tons of plastic materials per year. Cities like Bogotá and Medellín transform 13 thousand tons of plastic waste per month, supported by professional recyclers and a network of approximately 260 processing industries. In 2019, the Single Information System of Home Services identified that 15.09% of the utilized materials, equivalent to 212,434 tons, belong to the plastics family.
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