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China to ban single use plastics to reduce pollution

The Chinese government unveiled a new plan to reduce the plastic waste the country produces. They have said that all on-degradable bags will be banned in all of China's major cities by the year 2022. China is one of the world's largest producers of plastic and is struggling to deal with all the waste.

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Mon Jan 20 - BBC

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