Single-use plastic shopping bag ban: Guide for businesses

Guidance for businesses on the ban on single-use plastic shopping bags which began on 1 July 2019.

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Single-use plastic shopping bag ban: Facts for businesses
Single-use plastic shopping bag ban: Answering customers questions
Alternatives to single-use plastic shopping bags: Guidance for businesses
Fact sheets in te reo Māori and other languages on the single-use plastic shopping bags ban

Single-use plastic shopping bag ban: Facts for businesses

Information for businesses on the single-use plastic shopping bags ban which took effect New Zealand on 1 July 2019.

Single-use plastic shopping bag ban: Answering customers questions

The ban on single-use plastic shopping bags began on 1 July 2019. Customers may have questions about the new regulations. See our suggested answers.

 

Alternatives to single-use plastic shopping bags: Guidance for businesses

The ban on single-use plastic shopping bags began on 1 July 2019. Your business needs to either offer an alternative solution (free or at a cost) or ask customers to bring their own bags.

Fact sheets in te reo Māori and other languages on the single-use plastic shopping bags ban

These fact sheets in te reo Māori, Hindi and traditional Chinese are part of a toolkit to help businesses prepare for the ban on single-use plastic shopping bags. The ban took effect in New Zealand on 1 July 2019.

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