On July 11, 2025, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov signed the law on amendments to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Limiting the Circulation of Polymer Film Bags and Plastic Products on the Territory of the Kyrgyz Republic”.

The law was adopted by the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic on June 17, 2025.

“For almost two years, the International Business Council has been raising this issue, consulting with experts from the spheres of production, trade, the academic community, independent experts, and waste processors,” said IBC Executive Director Askar Sydykov.

As a result of the work carried out jointly with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic, deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh, the Council for the Development of Business and Entrepreneurship under the Parliament Speaker, it was possible to develop an agreed draft law.

The Law aims to bring the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On the restriction of circulation of polymer film bags and plastic products on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic" into line with the provisions of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) of May 29, 2014 and the requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union "On the safety of packaging" (TR CU 005/2011).

The norms of the current Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On limiting the circulation of polymer film bags and plastic products in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic" establish a list of plastic products prohibited from circulation. In addition to polymer film bags, this list includes all types of disposable plastic tableware, food packaging, PET bottles, plastic egg packaging and mesh grocery bags. The Law excludes the words "disposable plastic food packaging" and "PET (polyethylene terephthalate, PET) plastic bottle" from Part 1 of Article 3 of the above-mentioned Law.

The current ban on the circulation of all types of disposable plastic tableware has been replaced by a ban on the circulation of only those types of disposable plastic tableware that are not subject to recycling. At the same time, according to Part 2 of Article 3 of the Law, the list of polymer film bags and disposable plastic tableware permitted for circulation is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Law comes into force ten days after the date of its official publication.

"We express our gratitude to the ministries and departments that supported the bill, the deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh and the head of state. We hope that the new measures will help ensure adequate conditions for both business and environmental protection," IBC head concluded.