[Plastic] Starting next year, non-degradable plastic shopping bags will be banned nationwide

Nine departments including the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Notice on Solid Promotion of Plastic Pollution Control", proposing that from January 1 next year, shopping malls, supermarkets, and pharmacies in urban built-up areas in municipalities, provincial capitals, and cities under separate planning The use of non-degradable plastic shopping bags is prohibited in places such as, bookstores, catering packaging and take-out services, and various exhibition activities .

At the same time, the production and sale of disposable plastic cotton swabs and disposable foamed plastic tableware will be banned nationwide from next year; non-degradable disposable plastic straws are forbidden in the national catering industry, but straws that come with food packaging such as milk and beverages are temporarily not banned.

(Keyword: plastic products are not degradable)