China is stepping up its efforts to reduce the use of goods and services of undivided - role plastic , tackling the amount of shaping pollution the Asian country contributes to the environs . In special , the focussing is on the banning of plastic bags as well as single - use plastic plate , eating utensil , and stubble .
On Sunday Nox , the Chinese National Development and Reform Commissionpublished a late Q&A , which expanded on the “ Opinions on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution ” agenda that the Chinese government intends to deliver . In particular , China is planning to ban non - degradable charge card pocketbook in all major cities by the end of this year , and all city and towns by 2022 . The exception to this will be markets selling fresh products , which will be nontaxable until 2025 .
The hospitality industry will also have to scale back on its habit of credit card . restaurant will have to stop providing charge card wheat by the end of this year , and reduce their use of single - use plastic token by 30 percent . By the year 2025 , hotel will no longer offer gratuitous unmarried - use credit card items .
China produces about60 million tons of plasticwaste every yr , establish it the largest plastic polluter as a unmarried country pursue by the US with 38 million tons . This means that each US citizen produces almost three times as much pliant pollution as their Chinese twin .
China is alsoone of the world ’s biggest manufacturersof charge plate , produce one - tail of annual global product . The authorities is also planning to stop the product of certain product such as , for exercise , bags that are less than 0.025 millimeter dense .
The Chinese government has level up its environmentally witting approach to charge card and plastic pollution over the last few years . In particular , the Asiatic country decidedto no longer importplastic and other recyclables from foreign rural area in 2018 . This squeeze country such as the United States to decoct their export of waste to strange countries , but also led to commonwealth like Malaysia and Thailand importing more plastic and beef up their recycling markets .
[ H / T : BBC News ]
