The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced today (19) the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the control of plastic pollution", by the end of 2020, China will take the lead in banning and restricting the production, sale and use of some plastic products in some regions and some areas.

The "Opinions" proposed that the production and sale of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags and ultra-thin polyethylene agricultural mulch should be prohibited in accordance with the principles of "prohibiting a batch, replacing a batch of recycling and standardizing a batch". It is prohibited to use medical waste as raw materials to make plastic products. A total ban on the import of waste plastics. The production and sale of disposable foamed plastic tableware, disposable plastic cotton swabs and daily chemical products containing plastic microbeads will be banned step by step.

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