Last year Members approved Deputy Inna Gardiner’s proposition calling for the move and to set a minimum price for a ‘bag for life’.
Infrastructure Minister Kevin Lewis has now lodged a draft law to enact the changes.
Under the draft legislation, retailers would be banned from selling most single-use plastic and paper bags, while the minimum price for a bag for life would be 70p.
Bags that would be exempt from the laws include ‘very lightweight plastic bags’ less than 15 microns thick, paper ‘counter’ bags without a handle, gift bags, dog poo bags, bin liners and product packaging.
Deputy Lewis said: ‘The law has been drafted to support the proposition aimed at reducing waste and supporting Jersey’s Carbon Neutral Strategy.
‘Bans on specific types of single-use plastics are becoming more commonplace across the world. I am pleased we are leading the way in the British Isles on this proposed legislation.
‘This legislation also paves the way to apply to other avoidable single-use plastics in the future.’
The draft legislation is due to be debated on 20 July.
