date:Feb 22, 2019
every year, according to government estimates.
The official China News Service reported late on Thursday Hainan would draw up new standards and establish a monitoring and enforcement system before the end of the year.
The province will begin by banning non-biodegradable plastic bags and eating utensils by the end of 2020 and ban the material completely before 2025, the report said.
Plastic pollution has emerged as one of China's biggest environmental problems, with vast amounts of untreated p