Rafael Lucas

Rule Changes

Warns about cost impacts without affordable alternatives

Angola banned the production, import, sale and use of plastic bags thinner than 50 microns, plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds on 22 September 2026, exactly a year after President João Lourenço signed the governing decree. The same ban covers all single-use plastic on beaches, in conservation areas, at museums and on heritage sites, with companies facing fines up to about US$33,000.

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