{"id":5231,"date":"2018-07-02T23:06:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T04:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?page_id=5231"},"modified":"2023-04-02T16:16:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T20:16:19","slug":"status-of-plastics-bans-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?page_id=5231","title":{"rendered":"Plastics Bans Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a regularly updated list of bans of types of single-use plastics, sorted by type of entity (country, municipality, company, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>EcoOptimism has addressed plastics issues a number of times, including <a href=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=5161\">here<\/a> most recently. 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