Socio-Economic Impact of the Proposed 
Plastic Bag Regulations

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1. Acronyms and Abbreviations
2. Executive Summary Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
3. Background
4. Objectives, scope and approach of this study
5. Life cycle assessment of a paper and plastic checkout carrier bags
6. Overview of the South African plastics industry, and specifically the plastics packaging industry
7. The products relevant to the study
8. Detailed analysis of the current plastic VCB value chain
9. Supply and demand balances in the current VCB value chain

10.  Socio - economic impact assessment of the proposed regulations - Part 1 | Part 2

11.  Conclusions

12.  Annexure A - The Proposed Regulations

13.  Annexure B - The Study Terms of Reference