[Plastic] Reduce emissions from the source and accelerate plastic pollution control

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce issued the “Measures for the Use and Recycling of Disposable Plastic Products in the Commercial Field (Trial) (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)”, which requires retail establishments, e-commerce platform companies, and takeaway companies to use plastic bags and other disposable plastics.

The specific report content is as follows:

Commodity retail premises establishment units-non-degradable plastic shopping bags, use and recycling of roll bags;

E-commerce platform companies-the use and recycling of non-degradable plastic packaging bags (including woven bags) produced by their own business;

Takeaway companies-use and recycling of non-degradable plastic shopping bags, plastic lunch boxes, plastic tableware (knives, forks, spoons), and plastic straws;

Large-scale e-commerce platform companies (with more than 1 million operators on the platform)-The overall assessment of the use and recycling of disposable plastic products and the use of environmentally friendly alternative products by the operators on the platform is carried out during the reporting period, and is not limited to those adopted by the platform companies.

The reporting period is half a year, and the initial reporting period is July 1, 2020-December 31, 2020.

In January 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution ", which clarified the specific timetable and roadmap for plastic pollution control in the future.

Immediately, the Ministry of Commerce responded positively and issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Treatment of Plastic Pollution in the Commercial Field", which once again emphasized the urgency of plastic pollution control actions.

In addition, the Ministry of Commerce also guides shopping malls, supermarkets and other places to promote the use of environmentally friendly cloth bags, paper bags and other non-plastic products and degradable plastic bags through incentives such as point rewards; the use of straw-coated meals that meet performance and food safety requirements in the catering area Bio-based, biodegradable plastic bags and other alternative products such as boxes.

At present, food delivery, supermarkets, hotels, etc.

Experts estimate that based on 2 toothbrushes (0.

Therefore, starting with hotels, takeaways, supermarkets and other places that use large quantities of disposable plastic products to reduce emissions at the source will greatly promote the process of plastic pollution control and help reduce the penetration of plastic pollution through all aspects of production and life.

(Keywords: plastic pollution)