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China faces plastic pollution head on – 17 Sep 2021

Sep 17, 2021

China has issued a five-year plan for controlling plastic pollution, aiming to tackle by 2025 the "white pollution" resulting from over-packaging and overuse of plastic products

Implementation of the plan is likely to reduce overall demand for polymers, affecting some downstream sectors of polyethylene (PE) in the long term

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