China National Standards for Recycled Plastics to Be Implemented on 1 Dec 2021

On May 21, 2021, China released three national standards for recycled plastics^[1], including GB/T 40006.1-2021 Plastics-Recycled Plastics-Part 1: General Rules, GB/T 40006.2-2021 Plastics-Recycled Plastics-Part 2: Polyethylene (PE) Materials and GB/T 40006.3-2021 Plastics- Recycled Plastics-Part 3: Polypropylene (PP) Materials. They will take effect on December 1, 2021.