Food delivery apps drowning China in plastic

Scientists estimate the online takeout business in China was responsible for 1.6 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2017, a ninefold jump from two years before and for 2018 grew to an estimated 2 million tonnes. People in China still generate less plastic waste, per capita, than Americans, however, more plastic enters world’s oceans from China than from any other country.

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