Information has appeared online that the Chinese authorities have decided to completely ban plastic bags.
So if there is a ban on use throughout the countrynon-degradable plastic bags, the thickness of which is less than 0.025 mm, will begin to operate only in 2020, then in the largest cities of China, these measures will come into force from the end of this year. At the same time, companies organizing catering for citizens will be ordered to abandon non-recyclable plastic tubes by the beginning of 2021.
These measures are part of the Chinese policy.authorities to solve the garbage problem. It’s not a joke - today it is China that is the world leader in the production of plastic waste with 60 million tons of such waste per year.