Chile becomes first Latin America country to ban commercial use of plastic bags

Chile becomes first Latin America country to ban commercial use of plastic bags

Chile has joined a growing number of countries to ban the commercial use of plastic bags. “I want to share with you the joy that as of today we’re enacting the law,” said President Sebastian Pinera at a public ceremony in the centre of Santiago on Friday, after which he handed out cloth bags to passers-by. Panama was the first country in Central America to announce a complete ban on plastic bags in January, but it has given businesses up to two years to comply to the new directives.
Chile becomes the first Latin American country to ban the commercial use of single-use plastic bags.