Blog Tag - Plastic

Beicology: Plasic in your Poo and More Beijing Plastic News
How bad is the smog these days, really? Who is keeping tabs on the state of our drinking water? What has the government done about carbon emissions ...
Plastic Straw Ban: Good For Turtles, Bad for Milk Tea
It's been a little more than three months since Beijing's new plastic ban was officially implemented, and while most of the capital's tea shops have...
Preventing the Plastic Plague: Plastic Bags to Banned For Waimai Deliveries
Move over waste sorting! The Beijing government is renewing its environmental policy strategy of limiting use of plastic. The government has released...
A Week Without Plastic? Roots & Shoots Thinks You Can Do It
Activists cautiously lauded China’s plans to ban single-use plastics, part of a multi-front effort to reduce landfill overflow in the country, but...
R1 Fast Food Watch: McDonalds Dumps Plastic Straws
Mcdonald’s China has announced that the company will stop using plastic straws as of Jun 30 for both dine-in and take-out meals in nearly a thousand...
May Day Bagging: Fantastic Reusable Bags and Where to Find Them
Though we are still waiting for the nationwide plastic straw ban to be implemented, several related consumer-facing environmental regulations will be...
China to Ban Plastic Straws by End of Year in a Momentous Attack on Non-Degradables
The landfills of north Beijing have been overflowing for years, but last year the city finally started to get its act together, rolling out new rules...
Waimai Deliveries Are Filling Beijing Landfills With Plastic – A New Rule May Change That
As its landfills pile up at an outrageous pace, Beijing appears to be doing all it can to turn over a new (biodegradable) leaf on plastics and waste...