, "On 23 October 2025, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) circulated ""Draft Ministerial Order regarding banning single-use plastic bags with thickness less than 57 microns in the Bahraini market"". The purpose of this Ministerial Order is to ban single-use plastic bags with the thickness of less than 57 microns in the Bahraini market, with exempting the following:
· Bags for collecting household waste (garbage) and hazardous healthcare waste.
· Bags for packaging, whether directly in contact with food or medicines.
Bags manufactured for export.
Final date for comments: 22 December 2025"
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