Shanxi Datong prohibits disposable foam plastic tableware

In order to implement the Sixth Order of the State Economic and Trade Commission, the production, sale, and use of disposable foam plastic tableware have been banned since 2000. Recently, the Datong City Government issued the Administrative Measures for the Prohibition of the Use of Disposable Plastic Tableware and Plastic Products in Datong City. This administrative regulation stipulates that from 1st May 2001, the prohibition of production, sales, and use of disposable foam plastic tableware in Datong City requires that all fast food companies, individual snack operators and sales organizations must use and sell them in line with national GB18006.1. -1999 standard disposable degradable tableware.