China plans to phase out single-use plastic

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China will reduce the production and use of single-use, nondegradable plastic products over the next five years, the Bloomberg reports.

By the end of 2020, China will ban plastic bags in supermarkets and shopping centers in large cities, as well as in food delivery services.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the national development and reform commission planned to reduce the use of disposable plastic in electronic commerce, express shipments and take-away foods until 2022.

The issued policy said that plastic bags would be banned in all of China’s major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai by 2022, and in all cities across China by 2025. At the same time, will be introduced alternative materials.

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