Climate Adaptation
World’s Biggest Producer of Plastic to Curtail Its Use
- China to limit non-degradable plastic bags in major cities
- Plastic packaging policy may impact e-commerce firms: BNEF
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China will curtail its consumption of single-use plastic in an effort to tackle a soaring amount of the discarded material that has quickly become one of the world’s most pressing environmental crises.
Non-degradable plastic bags will be banned in places such as supermarkets and shopping malls in major cities, as well as for the country’s ubiquitous food delivery services by the end of this year, according to a plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission on Sunday.