Dubai: Some firms have already stopped using single-use bags ahead of restrictions

Dubai: Some firms have already stopped using single-use bags ahead of restrictions

Starting July 1, consumers will have to pay 25 fils for single-use bags

Published: Thu 30 Jun 2022, 5:57 PM

Though the tariff on single-use bags will come into effect from tomorrow (July 1) in Dubai, some companies have stopped using single-use plastic long ago to contribute to improving the local environment.

Starting July 1, 2022, Dubai will levy a Dh0.25 tariff on single-use bags in order to improve the environment. In two years, single-use bags will be completely banned by the emirate and replaced with eco-friendly reusable bags in the emirate. Abu Dhabi also took a decision on similar lines and banned single-use bags from June 1, 2022.

Retailers in Dubai have put in place plans to implement levy and offer alternative eco-friendly bags to consumers from July 1.

However, some hotels, retailers and fuel suppliers in Dubai embarked on this journey much earlier in order to contribute to reducing plastic.

Fuel retailer Emirates National Oil Company Group (Enoc) Group, has prevented approximately 14 tonnes of plastic waste from entering landfills and saved roughly Dh400,000 due to the elimination of single-use plastics since 2020.

In March 2020, the group announced to phase out single-use plastics and now it has achieved a 100 per cent single-use plastic-free