Hubei Province clarifies the timetable for "ban on plastic

On August 18 , the Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment jointly issued a plan to clarify the timetable for Hubei’s " plastic ban " : By the end of this year, shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores and other places in Wuhan’s built-up areas, as well as food and beverage takeaways The use of non-degradable plastic bags for services and various exhibitions is prohibited ; at the end of next year, the scope of implementation will be expanded to built-up areas in Yichang and Xiangyang ; at the end of 2022 , the scope of implementation will be expanded to all prefecture-level cities and directly-managed municipalities ; at the end of 2025 , plastic The long-term mechanism for pollution control has basically been established, and plastic pollution has been effectively controll.

On August 18 , the Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment jointly issued a plan to clarify the timetable for Hubei’s " plastic ban " : By the end of this year, shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores and other places in Wuhan’s built-up areas, as well as food and beverage takeaways The use of non-degradable plastic bags for services and various exhibitions is prohibited ; at the end of next year, the scope of implementation will be expanded to built-up areas in Yichang and Xiangyang ; at the end of 2022 , the scope of implementation will be expanded to all prefecture-level cities and directly-managed municipalities ; at the end of 2025 , plastic The long-term mechanism for pollution control has basically been established, and plastic pollution has been effectively controll.

From now on, Hubei Province will prohibit the production and sale of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 025 mm, and polyethylene agricultural mulch film with a thickness of less than 01 .
By the end of this year, it is prohibited to produce and sell non-degradable disposable foamed plastic tableware, disposable plastic cotton swabs, et.
; non-degradable disposable plastic straws are prohibited in the catering industry in the province, and catering services in built-up areas and scenic spots in cities above the prefecture level Prohibit non-degradable disposable plastic tablewa.
By the end of 2022 , the scope of implementation will be expanded to built-up areas in county towns and scenic spo.
Promote the use of environmentally friendly cloth bags, paper bags, vegetable baskets, e.
Support Wuhan, Jingmen, Xiaogan, Xianning and other places to build demonstration parks for fully biodegradable materials and produc.