Hainan’s “plastic ban” work is steadily advancing to reduce “white pollution”

——The progress of the "ban on plastics" work in our province and the Q&A of hot issues of public concern

About "Prohibited Plastics"

Question: When will the "ban on plastics" be implemented?

Question: What is the "ban on plastics" forbidden?

About alternative products

Question: How to ensure the supply of substitute products after the "ban on plastics" in our province?

Q: What is a fully biodegradable plastic product? How can the public distinguish it?

Question: There are many so-called degradable plastic products on the market.

Q: How about the price of fully biodegradable plastics?

Q: Are there other alternatives?

Our province promotes the formation of a green production and life>
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About express packaging and agricultural mulch

Question: How does our province stick to the cycle of volume reduction and continue to promote green packaging for postal express delivery?

Answer: The Provincial Postal Administration implements the relevant work arrangements of the State Post Bureau, promotes the province's "111999" project, and promotes the application of "slimming tape" and electronic waybills under 45 mm in the industry
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At the same time, speed up the application of recyclable transit bags, urge enterprises to eliminate disposable plastic woven bags, and carry out pilot work on the application of recyclable and foldable packaging for intra-city express delivery services in the province
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Up to now, the use rate of electronic waybills and "slim tape" in the province has exceeded 99%.
There are more than 1,000 postal express outlets equipped with express packaging recovery devices, and the province's delivery companies have purchased more than 20,000 recyclable and foldable packages
.

Question: How to deal with when agricultural mulch film is used up?

Answer: Our province promotes the recycling of agricultural film, implements the recycling of agricultural film in depth, and deploys the recycling of agricultural film as an important task for the improvement of rural human settlements
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In 2019, the province used about 7388.
21 tons of agricultural film, and recycled a total of 6433.
1 tons of waste agricultural film.
The recycling rate reached 87.
1%, which was 12 percentage points higher than the national target of 75%
.
As of October this year, the province has recycled 6,156 tons of waste agricultural film, and the recovery rate of agricultural film has reached 83.
3%.
80% of the annual recycling task has been completed ahead of schedule
.

  About law enforcement supervision

  Question: How about the investigation and punishment of the violations of laws and regulations of disposable plastic products in our province?

Answer: Our province has strengthened the management of the circulation of ultra-thin plastic film bags, severely cracked down on the illegal use of ultra-thin plastic bags and agricultural mulch film, and included the law enforcement work of related categories into the scope of daily law enforcement inspections
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Since the beginning of this year, the province's market supervision departments at all levels dispatched 6,668 law enforcement officers, inspected 3,483 related enterprises, supervised and spot-checked 80 batches of plastic products, and filed and investigated 8 cases involving plastics
.

  Q: How to combat the illegal use of waste plastics?

Answer: Our province severely cracks down on environmental violations in the import, recycling, utilization, and disposal of plastic waste, and intensifies the rectification of waste plastic processing and utilization of "scattered pollution"
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Since 2019, a total of 145 plastic waste recycling, utilization, and disposal units have been inspected, 16 cases have been filed for investigation, and the penalty amount is approximately 1,144,500 yuan
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Up to now, there are 39 "scattered and polluted" waste plastic processing and utilization facilities in our province.
33 companies have been shut down and banned, 1 company has been relocated, 1 company has been upgraded, and the remaining 4 companies are in the process of determining remediation methods
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  About rewards and punishments

  Question: After the comprehensive "ban on plastics", will individuals be punished for purchasing and using the listed disposable non-degradable plastic products, or purchasing disposable non-degradable plastic products from outside the island by mail?

Answer: In terms of penalties, in accordance with the "Regulations", the market supervision and management department will investigate and deal with violations of the production, transportation, sales, storage, provision, use, or use of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited list.
Articles 20 to 27 of the Regulations stipulate different penalties for illegal acts of selling, transporting, storing, or providing use of the disposable non-degradable plastic products listed in the prohibited list, and impose different penalties on units and individuals, operators, and others.
The subject’s illegal activities are distinguished
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The use of non-degradable non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited list by units and individuals other than the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be criticized and educated by the township people’s government and street office; if they refuse to make corrections, the township people’s government or street office shall report to the local market supervision The management department shall be ordered by the market supervision and management department to make corrections and confiscated disposable non-degradable plastic products.
Units can be fined up to 1,000 yuan, and individuals can be fined up to 50 yuan
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Local units and individuals in Hainan who purchase prohibited products from outside the island by mail will also be punished by referring to the above regulations

  Question: Are there any rewards for individuals and units that implement the "ban on plastics" work?

Answer: In terms of rewards, for units and individuals that have made outstanding achievements or outstanding contributions in prohibiting the production, transportation, sales, storage, and use of disposable non-degradable plastic products, the "Regulations" clarify that people's governments at or above the county level should treat It gives commendations and rewards
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