Ten days after watching Plastic Planet at MEIFF, Abu Dhabi officials banned plastic bags in UAE from 2013.
For the premiere in Austria Werner Boote presented tests about chemical BPA in baby soothers. After that several contaminated baby soothers were taken off market.
After watching the film a family in Styria, Austria, decided to live without plastics. Many others followed. People who take care of plastics are called "plasticarians".