This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. After importing nearly half of the planet’s plastic recyclables for three decades, China barred the import of most ...

China has for years been struggling to deal with the rubbish its 1.4 billion citizens generate China, one of the world's biggest users of plastic, has unveiled a major plan to reduce single-use ...

The Ministry of Commerce said it had established a nationwide system for retailers to report their plastic consumption. The Ministry’s proposal is part of a wider push to deal with China’s ...

A woman in China was seen wrapped in a large plastic bag after being discharged from the hospital following childbirth, a sight that quickly gained traction on mainland social media. Her story has ...