Mexico City's legislature voted Thursday to ban businesses from buying, selling or giving their customers disposable plastics.

 

墨西哥城立法机构周四投票决定禁止商业机构购买、销售或者对顾客使用一次性塑料用品。

 

The ban, set to come into force in December 2020 or January 2021, includes such articles as non-biodegradable plastic bags, straws, cutlery, cups and coffee capsules, the legislature said in a statement, calling them a "serious environmental problem."

 

It puts the city of nine million people at the forefront of global efforts to protect the environment and curb¹ the amount of plastic that ends up in the Earth's oceans -- eight million tonnes a year.

 

Legislators said they would now open debate on a spending package to help companies shift² their production and use of plastics toward³ biodegradable materials.

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