EPS (or disposable foam plastic tableware) is known as the "white pollution" due to its difficult decomposition. The State Economic and Trade Committee had published the No. 6 Order to eliminate EPS and the products by the end of 2000. But over a month passed, EPS is still seen to be used at large supper and food markets in Beijing...

The reporter thinks that powerful supervising and managing measures must be adopted and the EPS tableware and other products can be able to withdraw from the market.