Editing Polystyrene (section)

====Outside the United States====
[[File:火気厳禁 禁煙 (3715967341).jpg|thumb|Expanded polystyrene waste in Japan]]
[[China]] banned expanded polystyrene takeout/takeaway containers and tableware around 1999. However, compliance has been a problem and, in 2013, the Chinese plastics industry was lobbying for the ban's repeal.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ying Sun, Nina  |author2=Toloken, Steve  |name-list-style=amp |title=China moves to end its 'ban' on PS food packaging|url=http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20130321/NEWS/130329979/china-moves-to-end-its-ban-on-ps-food-packaging|website=Plastics News|access-date=10 June 2013|date=21 March 2013}}</ref>

[[India]] and [[Taiwan]] also banned polystyrene-foam food-service ware before 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=Quan|first=Jean|title=letter to Public Works Committee|url=http://clerkwebsvr1.oaklandnet.com/attachments/13659.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023152054/http://clerkwebsvr1.oaklandnet.com/attachments/13659.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2006|access-date=26 January 2014|date=13 June 2006}}</ref>

The government of [[Zimbabwe]], through its Environmental Management Agency (EMA), banned polystyrene containers (popularly called 'kaylite' in the country), under Statutory Instrument 84 of 2012 (Plastic Packaging and Plastic Bottles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (No 1.)
<ref>{{cite web|title=Government bans kaylite packaging|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/government-bans-kaylite-packaging-%e2%80%a2health-considerations-cited-%e2%80%a2defiant-citizens-face-prosecution/|work=The Herald|date=13 July 2017 |access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Expanded polystyrene (kaylite): What are its impacts?|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/expanded-polystyrene-kaylite-what-are-its-impacts/|work=The Herald|date=12 July 2017 |access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref>

The city of [[Vancouver]], Canada, has announced its Zero Waste 2040 plan in 2018. The city will introduce bylaw amendments to prohibit business license holders from serving prepared food in polystyrene foam cups and take-out containers, beginning 1 June 2019.<ref>''[http://vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/single-use-items.aspx Single-Use Item Reduction Strategy, Zero Waste 2040]'' City of Vancouver, 2018</ref>

In 2019, the European Union voted to ban expanded polystyrene food packaging and cups, with the law officially going into effect in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pyzyk |first1=Katie |title=European Parliament approves 2021 single-use plastics ban |url=https://www.wastedive.com/news/european-parliament-approves-2021-single-use-plastics-ban/551552/ |access-date=6 January 2022 |work=Waste Dive |date=March 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Directive (EU) 2019/904 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32019L0904&from=EN |website=Official Journal of the European Union |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>

[[Fiji]] passed the Environmental Management Bill in December 2020. Imports of polystyrene products were banned in January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grace period for polystyrene products|url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/grace-period-for-polystyrene-products/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>