The production, distribution, import and possession of all types of single-use plastic bags with or without handles integrated or added and supplied free of charge, or with consideration for the consumer in points of sale and commercial premises, will be now prohibited from March 2020. The decree was signed on January 16. According to former Tunisian Minister of Local Affairs and the Environment, Riadh Mouakher, Tunisians use nearly a billion plastic bags annually, including 315 million distributed by supermarkets.
