Assuming that plastic ban was carried out (say in china) how would it affect imports and exports, what would the alternatives be, and would it even be feasible? If so, why has no nation even attempted a ban, even if slightly more expensive isn’t aluminium, glass or carton a way healthier alternative?
i think the BP part of it was caring about consumer use of shopping bags to begin with, plastic used in packaging that never gets to a shelf would be a better target of regulation if you had a government that wanted to actually do anything on that vector.