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[China] Shanghai's Plastic Freeze Advances Rapidly in Response to Plastic Regulation Order

Plastic bags, disposable straws, and No plastic cutlery, etc.

On January 1, 2021, a "Plastic Regulation Decree" was issued in Shanghai to reduce plastic, and the entire city is rapidly "de-plasticizing" itself. Supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores, restaurants and delivery services have banned the use of plastic shopping bags, plastic disposable straws and cutlery.
In response to the plastic regulation order, Coco, a milk tea store, switched to PLA straws, which are biodegradable and feel similar to plastic straws. Starbucks, McDonald's, Burger King, and other chain stores have also changed their straws to paper or PLA straws, and their bags to PBAT, a biodegradable polyester material.
Plastic bags have completely disappeared from supermarkets, but there is no major confusion among consumers, and it has become the norm to bring your own bag. In addition, the number of people who bring their own cutlery when eating out is gradually increasing.

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The amount of recyclable waste increased by 431% increase from the previous year

In Shanghai, garbage was disposed of without being separated until the Shanghai Municipal Household Garbage Management Ordinance was enacted on July 1, 2019. According to information from the Shanghai People's Government Newspaper Office on April 15, 2020, a comparative study of the amount of household garbage in 2018 and 2019 showed that the average daily collection of recyclable garbage, including plastic, was 4,049 tons in 2019, an increase of 431.8% from the previous year. . The popularity of milk tea, which uses plastic cups and straws, and the routine use of food delivery had led to an increase in plastic waste, creating an environmental pollution problem. Against this backdrop, the "Plastic Control Order" was enacted as part of a national effort to tackle the problem of waste and plastic.

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This article is co-authored by TNC Lifestyle Researcher (http://lifestyle.tenace.co.jp/) and Intage's Global Researcher.

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