In China
By 2022, the consumption of disposable plastic products will be significantly reduced, alternative products will be promoted, and the proportion of plastic waste used as resources and energy will be significantly increased.
By 2025, a management system for the production, circulation, consumption, recycling and disposal of plastic products will have been basically established, the amount of plastic waste in landfills in key cities will be significantly reduced, and plastic pollution will be effectively controlled.
On April 10, 2020, Heilongjiang province began to solicit opinions on the classification standard of urban household garbage.
On April 10, 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission published on its official website the List of Plastics Products Prohibited and Restricted in Production, Sale and Use (Draft) to solicit public opinions. Hainan province will officially ban the sale and use of disposable non-biodegradable plastic bags, tableware and other plastic products from 2020 December 1. …
On March 2019, the European Union approved a bill to ban the use of single-use plastics from 2021.
On June 11, 2019, Canada's Liberal government announced a total ban on the use of single-use plastics by 2021.
In 2019, New Zealand, The Republic of Korea, France, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, Washington, Brazil and other countries and regions issued plastic bans, respectively, and formulated punishment and prohibition policies.
Japan will begin a nationwide plastic bag ban on June 11, 2019, with a national charge for plastic bags by 2020.
In April 2020, the Hainan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued the "Notice on Prohibiting the Production and Sale of One-Time Non-degradable Plastic Products Pilot Work", clarifying that from April to November, Hainan will organize key industries and places to take the lead in steps and phases. Carrying out the "ban on plastics" pilot work, laying a solid foundation for the formal and comprehensive implementation of "ban on plastics" starting in December. At present, Hainan has entered the countdown to a comprehensive "ban on plastics" [2]. On July 17, the National Development and Reform Commission and other 9 departments issued documents requesting solid progress in the treatment of plastic pollution. Before the end of August, all localities should launch special law enforcement inspections on the promotion of plastic bans in key areas such as shopping malls, supermarkets, bazaars, and catering industries.
