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title: "#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #APriori_Reports: Prohibition on Trading and Providing Plastic Straws, Bags, and Bottles for Free"
description: Prohibition on Trading and Providing Plastic
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# [#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #APriori\_Reports: Prohibition on Trading and Providing Plastic Straws, Bags, and Bottles for Free](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/en-us/apriori-blog/prohibition-on-trading-and-providing-plastic)

 Written by [APriori](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/en-us/apriori-blog/author/apriori) | May 1, 2024 1:37:02 AM

As of **April 20th,** a series of new regulations regarding the **trade and free provision of single-use plastic products** came into effect, due to the expiration of the existing transitory provisions included in the *Law to Fight Plastic-Induced Pollution and Protect the Environment* and its regulations.

Plastic products such as **bags, bottles, and straws** that fail to meet the technical requirements established in the mentioned provisions **will not be allowed to be marketed** and must be replaced by alternatives that contribute to the fight on **single-use plastics.**

**Commercial establishments that fail to comply** with the provisions established in the Law and its regulation will be subject to **fines of up to five times the "waste management" fee**, according to the rate established by the corresponding Municipality.

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