Guangdong issues action plan for plastic pollution control

On August 4, the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued a notice on the "Guangdong Province Plastic Pollution Control Action Plan (2022-2025").
By 2025, the plastic pollution control mechanism will be more effective, and local and departmental And the effective implementation of corporate responsibility, the whole chain of plastic products production, circulation, use, recycling, and disposal has achieved more significant results, and white pollution has been effectively curbed
.

The "Action Plan" proposes to promote the greening of technologies in all aspects of the entire life cycle of plastic products, optimize product structure design, reduce the complexity of product material design, and enhance the safety and ease of recycling of plastic products
.
Strictly implement national green design, ecological design, green evaluation and other relevant standards, encourage enterprises to adopt new green environmental protection functional materials, increase the use of recycled plastics that meet quality control standards and use control requirements, and effectively increase the supply of green products
.
Increase the publicity and implementation of the standards for restricting excessive packaging of commodities, and strengthen the law enforcement and supervision of excessive packaging of commodities
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The "Action Plan" requires that the production 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 be completely banned, and some products that endanger the environment and human health
.
Implement the national policy on banning plastic microbeads, and promote the ban on plastic microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics and toothpaste
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Intensify supervision and inspection, incorporate plastic pollution control work requirements into the annual provincial cosmetics production and operation supervision and inspection plan, and carry out regular supervision and inspection of production and operation enterprises such as rinse-off cosmetics and toothpaste
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The "Action Plan" also proposes to guide biodegradable plastic production enterprises to comply with national standards, timely update products and adjust production, promote the scientific and rational layout of the industry, and promote the industrialization, green and standardized development of plastic substitutes
.
Increase support for the research and development of fully biodegradable agricultural film products, and promote the application of agricultural inputs such as fully biodegradable agricultural plastic films
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Promote the construction of degradable plastic testing capabilities, strictly implement relevant laws and regulations, and increase the investigation and punishment of degradable plastics with false labels and false labels
.