China’s Plastic Restriction Policy, Is it on the Right Track?
While the world has been suffering from COVID-19, the year of 2020 has come to an end. Many experts agree that the abnormal climate and the spread of infectious diseases are highly related to the imbalance of the environment. Each country in the world has reviewed the environmental issues and established enforceable and rational policies. China, especially, announced the regulation on disposable plastic products in January this year including the details of how they would proceed the policy over the next 5 years. As the country is the biggest plastic manufacturer and importer, the news excited the environmental groups, surprised the other countries and alerted the relevant industries. China’s Task to Regulate the Plastic The amount of plastic packaging used by 1.4 billion people in China is more than we could imagine. Furthermore, as the family scale gets smaller with the internet and delivery service developed, the consumption of the relevant products has been soa...