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China Youth Daily reported on July 29 that plastic is the most important basic material in modern production and life, and people come into contact with plastic products almost every day
.
In fact, in the face of unavoidable plastic pollution, China has already taken action
.
In 1986, the use of plastic fast food boxes on the railway was the first time.
Because of its convenience and low price, it quickly became popular
.
More than 10 years after the massive nationwide plastic restriction campaign was launched, plastic pollution has not been significantly controlled, and it has even become more and more serious
.
The author believes that from "plastic restriction" to "plastic ban", controlling plastic pollution is a typical problem that is easier said than done
.
First, to gather the strength of the country to develop alternative products
.
Second, guide the public to minimize the use of single-use plastic products
.
But in this regard, it is necessary to hold rational expectations, after all, in daily life, everyone wants to be convenient
.
Third, promote the recycling and harmless disposal of plastic waste
.
Combined with garbage classification, establish and improve the plastic waste recycling system, and increase the recycling and disposal of plastic waste
.
Promote multi-party cooperation among e-commerce takeaway platforms, sanitation departments, recycling companies, etc.
, and put express packaging, takeaway lunch boxes and other recycling facilities in key areas to minimize the random discarding and stacking of plastic waste
.
At the same time, it is necessary to invest the necessary financial and scientific research strength at the national level to develop the current technology for the harmless treatment of plastics
.
At present, plastic waste occupies land in landfill and does not decompose for a long time; if incinerated or reused, it will pollute the air and water environment
.
This dilemma must be overcome by developing new technologies
.
Fourth, take necessary coercive measures
.
While implementing advocacy measures, it is necessary to earnestly summarize and draw lessons from the reasons for the poor effect of plastic restriction and plastic ban over the years, and take effective control measures
.
One is to implement high taxes like tobacco and alcohol
.
Implement high taxation on convenient, practical, cheap and easy-to-discard plastic products (such as plastic bags), greatly increase the price of easy-to-discard plastic products, and let ordinary people weigh their own money bags when buying plastic products, so that it is not easy to buy and not easily discard
.
The second is to raise the industry access threshold
.
The technology, process, and equipment for producing plastic products are simple, but it is not allowed to set up a factory at will to produce plastic products that are easy to throw away.
You can easily buy plastic products that are easy to throw away anywhere.
It is necessary to raise the threshold and change "convenient" to "inconvenient"
.
The third is to punish as severely as drunk driving
.
The production and sale of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.
025 mm and polyethylene agricultural mulch film with a thickness of less than 0.
01 mm are prohibited; the manufacture of plastic products from medical waste is prohibited; the import of waste plastics is prohibited
.
These bans have been in place for many years, and one of the main reasons why they have not been implemented is that punitive measures have not kept up
.
As a result, some people don't take these bans seriously at all
.
On the issue of plastic restrictions and bans, it is necessary to learn from the country's successful experience in tackling drunk driving and introduce supporting and effective laws and regulations
.
On the issue of plastic restrictions and bans, if the state takes strong measures to crack down on illegal production and sales of plastic products that are explicitly prohibited by the state, plastic pollution control will definitely achieve obvious results
.
(The author is a specially invited researcher at the Institute of Socialist Development with Chinese Characteristics, Southeast University, with the original title "Freedom Talking Beyond Limits? How to Unravel the "Dead Knot" of Plastic Pollution")
