The initiative now only awaits the approval of the Executive Branch. The Legislative Plenary approved on October 31 in its second debate, file 20.985 Law to combat pollution by plastic to protect the environment, which among other things prohibits the marketing and free delivery of plastic straws for single use throughout the national territory, reported the Legislative Assembly.

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The initiative declares of public interest the plans, programs, projects, strategies and public or private enterprises of circular economy, prevention, reduction, reuse, valorization, treatment, disposition and education on the substitution and elimination of the contamination by single-use plastic, as well as the initiatives of productive reconversion, conservation, sustainable use and research for the substitution, reduction and elimination of the single-use plastic.

For the initiative to be effective, it must be approved by the Executive Branch and then published in the official newspaper La Gaceta.

According to reports from CentralAmericaData, in the first three months of 2019 the main importer of plastic and its manufactures in Central America continued to be Costa Rica, with $352 million, followed by Guatemala, with $222 million, El Salvador, with $161 million, Honduras, with $128 million, Panama, with $105 million and Nicaragua, with $52 million.

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