China’s single-use plastic ban explained

China is implementing a new policy to ban plastic bags in major cities by 2020 and in all towns by 2022, with exemptions for fresh produce markets until 2025. Restaurants will stop providing single-use straws by the end of the year, and take-away services will eliminate single-use utensils by 2025. The restaurant industry aims to cut single-use plastic consumption by 30% over five years. Other plastics, like courier packaging, will be phased out by 2025. Additionally, the production and sale of very thin plastic bags and films will be banned.

By what year will plastic bags be banned in all Chinese towns?

• 2023

• 2025

• 2022

• 2020

Which type of market is exempt from the plastic bag ban until 2025?

• Markets selling fresh produce

• Electronics shops

• Clothing stores

• Supermarkets

When will restaurants be banned from providing single-use straws?

• By the end of this year

• By 2022

• By 2025

• By 2023

What is China's target for reducing single-use plastic consumption in the restaurant industry over the next five years?

• 30%

• 35%

• 25%

• 20%

What is the thickness limit for plastic bags that will be banned?

• 0.015 millimeters

• 0.020 millimeters

• 0.025 millimeters

• 0.030 millimeters