TAIPEI, Taiwan — After Jan. 1, 2018, you'll no longer be getting a plastic bag for your bubble tea at the beverage shop. The Executive Yuan said yesterday that beverage shops, bookstores, pharmacies and four other types of businesses will no longer hand out plastic bags with every purchase, starting New Year' s Day. The policy is expected to save at least 15 million plastic bags, the government said. The Environmental Protection Administration has been promoting the prudent use of plastic shopping bags since 2002. From Jan. 1, the restrictions will be extended to drugstores, medical equipment stores, bookstores, electronic devices stores, bookstores, laundries, and bakeries, with an expected result of 15 million fewer bags a year.

Source: The China Post July 21, 2017 00:00 UTC