The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MOE) recently released the Opinions on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution announcing specific regulations on banning and restricting plastic.

? Prohibit the production and sale of plastic bags less than 0.025 millimeters thick and less than 0.01 millimeters of polyethylene agricultural film. A total ban on the import of waste plastics. By the end of 2020, the production and sale of disposable plastic tableware swabs and plastic beads for daily products will be banned.

About non-degradable plastic bags, by the end of 2020, municipalities, provincial capitals and cities with single-listed cities built shopping malls and supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores and catering packages, a variety of exhibitions and activities, prohibit the use of non-degradable plastic bags. Markets regulate the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags.

By the end of 2020, the national standardized catering industry prohibit the use of non-biodegradable disposable plastic straws, all kinds of urban scenic area canteen services prohibit the use of disposable plastic tableware. By 2025, cities above prefecture level, takeaway catering industry non-degradable disposable plastic tableware consumption intensity decreased by 30%.

By the end of 2022, star-rated hotels nationwide no longer take the initiative to provide disposable plastic supplies, can be provided through self-service self-purchase machines, provide refillable detergent and other ways to provide services, by the end of 2025 to expand the scope of implementation of the policy. by the end of 2020, the postal courier outlets in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces and municipalities, the first to implement the ban on the use of non-degradable By the end of 2020, postal express outlets in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces and cities will first implement a ban on the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags and limit the use of disposable non-biodegradable plastic tape. By the end of 2025, the postal express outlets nationwide ban on the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags, plastic tape and disposable plastic woven bags. We need to reasonably regulate the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags, can not be used, if you have to use the best use of food safety requirements in line with the straw mulching lunch boxes and other biodegradable alternatives to plastic bags. In key mulching areas, you can use biodegradable mulch.