Plastic in China - Out of the Bag -- Beijing Review

Out of the Bag

Restricting the use of plastic shopping bags is China's latest step to curb pollution

By LI LI

Out of the Bag -- Beijing Review: "A solution to white pollution


According to statistics from the China Plastics Processing Industry Association, Chinese consumers use about 1 billion plastic bags every day. That equals plastic consumption of 400,000 to 500,000 tons a year, production of which costs at least 1 million tons of oil. According to a Xinhua report, Beijing's 15 million people discard about 2.3 billion plastic bags and produce plastic packaging garbage of 140,000 tons every year. The annual plastic packaging garbage of Shanghai is 190,000 tons and Tianjin over 100,000 tons."

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