10 Cities that Banned Single-use Plastic Bags in Indonesia

Before Jakarta officially declared its ban on single-use plastic bags on July 1^st, 2020, these 10 cities in Indonesia already banned it, as an official movement to reduce single-use plastic bag usage especially in supermarkets, grocery stores, or even in the traditional markets.

1. Banjarmasin is the first city in Asia and The Pacific to ban single-use plastic bags since March 2016.
2. Balikpapan, this city is located on East Kalimantan. The single-use plastic ban already started in July 2018 and claimed to be successfully reducing plastic waste.
3. Jambi, Jambi started banning single-use plastic bags in every retail store in January 2019.
4. Bogor, since December 1^st, 2018 Bogor started banning single-use plastic bags on modern retail.
5. Jayapura, modern retails in Jayapura officially banned single-use plastic bags on February 1^st,2019, and ordering customers to bring their own shopping bags.
6. Bali, based on governor regulation no 97, 2018 Bali started to reduce single-use plastic bags in December 2018. And the regulation was officially valid since July 2019.
7. Bontang, starting from January 2019, Bontang officially announce to banning of single-use plastic bags on modern retails to reduce single-use plastic bag usage.
8. Biak, officially banning single-use plastic bags on June 1^st, 2019 in an attempt to reduce the usage of single-use plastic bags.
9. Bukit Tinggi
10. Flores

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