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China has
plans to greatly reduce single-use plastics by 2025. China's National Development and Reform Commission is fast-tracking
to slash the production and
of plastics over the next five years. By the
of 2020, non-biodegradable plastic bags will be banned in supermarkets and
in major cities. Food delivery and
services, which use vast
of the plastics, will stop using single-use plastic straws and
. These will be banned
. China will encourage the use of
materials such as biodegradable shopping bags.