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Armenia to ban plastic bags in retail from January 1, 2027

First reported by Public TV news (H1 / Lurer): 11:07

Updated 19:56, 16 sources

Society. Photo: Peteruetz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Peteruetz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

From January 1, 2027, the sale and presence of polyethylene bags and single-use plastic products will be banned in retail trade, Armenia's Ministry of Environment has announced. The ban will apply at retail and catering outlets, mobile trading points, fairs, vernissages, exhibition sales, and in open-air trade.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) · 11:07 · Pro-government

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Public TV news (H1 / Lurer), 11:07
Balanced 2 / 14 First: Ararat News, 8 min later
Opposition 10 / 21 First: 24news.am, 14 min later
Timeline as a list
  1. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  2. Ararat News (Balanced)
  3. 24news.am (Opposition)
  4. News.am (Opposition)
  5. Mediahub (Opposition)
  6. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  7. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  8. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  9. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  10. 5th Channel (Opposition)
  11. Politik.am (Opposition)
  12. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  13. Tert.am (Opposition)
  14. Iravunk (Opposition)
  15. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  16. Civic.am (Pro-government)

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