China Reveals Strategy to Cut Down Plastic Use
China Reveals Strategy to
Cut Down Plastic Use According to the country's
National Development
and Reform Commission, single-use items, such as bags and straws, will be phased out by 2025. By the end of this year, the plan aims to
ban single-use plastic bags in stores
around major cities. Plastic, non-degradable tableware will be taken away from restaurants throughout 2020 as well. Come mid-decade, hotels and
mail services will also not be allowed
to use single-use plastic items. The changes are expected to affect major metropolitan areas first and then move
on to smaller, rural regions. China's government says it will also
encourage citizens to use degradable
or recycled plastic products. An analysis last year from Columbia University and Zhejiang University says that the country is
Earth's largest producer of plastic items. China has even stated it will
no longer take plastic from
other countries.
Cut Down Plastic Use According to the country's
National Development
and Reform Commission, single-use items, such as bags and straws, will be phased out by 2025. By the end of this year, the plan aims to
ban single-use plastic bags in stores
around major cities. Plastic, non-degradable tableware will be taken away from restaurants throughout 2020 as well. Come mid-decade, hotels and
mail services will also not be allowed
to use single-use plastic items. The changes are expected to affect major metropolitan areas first and then move
on to smaller, rural regions. China's government says it will also
encourage citizens to use degradable
or recycled plastic products. An analysis last year from Columbia University and Zhejiang University says that the country is
Earth's largest producer of plastic items. China has even stated it will
no longer take plastic from
other countries.
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