With the goal of safeguarding the fundamental rights to life, health, and enjoyment of a clean environment, measures are hereby established to reduce the production and consumption of single use plastics in the national territory, provisions set forth to permit their eventual substitution by sustainable alternatives as well as their reuse, and complementary measures further established.

The primary objective of any policy on waste should be to reduce to a minimum the negative effects of waste generation and management on human health and the environment. In equal measure and in accordance with the principles governing the circular economy, said policy should have as its objective the promotion of efficient use of resources, assuming a strategic position with the consensus of...

An Act to restrict and prohibit the manufacture, production, distribution, sale and supply of certain single-use and other plastic products and for other purposes.

The aim of this Directive is to prevent and reduce the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, in particular the aquatic environment, and on human health, as well as to promote the transition to a circular economy with innovative and sustainable business models, products and materials. The application scope covers the single-use plastic products listed in the Annex, products made...

Mediante el Registro Oficial Suplemento 330 del 19 de septiembre de 2018 se publica la Ordenanza del Cantón Guayaquil para regular la fabricación, comercio de cualquier tipo, distribución y entrega de productos plásticos de un solo uso y específicamente de sorbetes plásticos, envases, tarrinas, cubiertos, vasos, tazas de plásticos y de foam y fundas plásticas tipo camiseta, inclusive...