On April 10, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the “Announcement on the public solicitation of the Catalogue of Plastic Products Prohibited and Restricted from Production, Sale, and Use (Draft for Comment)”.

The opinion draft proposes that six categories of plastic products, such as plastic products made with medical waste as raw materials and daily chemical products containing plastic microbeads, are prohibited from production and sales.

Disposable plastic products and express plastic packaging in hotels and motels are prohibited and restricted.

However, the catalog of opinion draft also mentions that by the end of 2020 and the end of 2022, the requirement to ban the use of non-degradable disposable plastic tableware does not include catering packaging and takeaway services.

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Reference Chinese link:

https://hd.ndrc.gov.cn/yjzx/yjzx_add_wap.jsp?SiteId=332

By / Maggie