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A reporter from China Environment News recently learned from the Pollution Prevention and Control Office of Puyang City, Henan Province that the "Puyang City Non-degradable Plastic Products Management Regulations (Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft Regulations") is undergoing the first trial
.
The plastic restriction effect is not obvious, and it is imperative to upgrade
In recent years, the problem of pollution caused by plastic products has become more and more prominent
.
In 2020, Puyang issued the "Implementation Plan for Promoting the Use of Bio-based Degradable Products to Accelerate the Control of Plastic Pollution", and established a long-term management mechanism for "plastic reduction" in the province
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Puyang requires that by the end of 2020, it will take the lead in prohibiting and restricting the production, sales and use of some plastic products in the city's built-up areas.
Production, sales and use of some plastic products
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It is understood that Nanle County has issued the first regulation in Henan Province to prohibit the production, sale and use of non-degradable disposable plastic products in April 2018
.
"In view of the current problems in the management of plastic pollution in Puyang City, a code of conduct has been set up from the perspective of prohibition, restriction and encouragement, and penalties have been created for illegal acts in the production, sales and use of non-degradable plastic products
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Unit meetings shall not provide plastic bottled drinking water and plastic cups
The "Bill" clarifies the scope of prohibition, including disposable non-degradable plastic bags, plastic tableware, plastic cotton swabs, plastic straws, and agricultural mulch films that do not meet the standards
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The "Draft" clarifies the "prohibition" of specific places, stipulating that operators and units engaged in service activities shall not provide consumers with non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited list, and meetings of government agencies and institutions shall not provide plastic bottled drinking water and plastic cup
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At the same time, the "Draft" stipulates the obligation to remind and inform business premises: operators should set up catalogues and warning signs that prohibit and restrict the use of non-degradable plastic products at prominent positions in the business premises
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Operators should establish relevant plastic products purchase and sales ledger, and specifically record the channel, catalog, date and quantity of purchase, sales and provision
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Managers of business premises such as supermarkets and bazaars shall establish management systems to promptly stop the sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited and restricted catalogues in their premises
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"Limiting plastic" is a long process, and breaking the game requires a "game of chess" thinking
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What to use after the "plastic limit"?
The "Draft" clearly states that, for example, alternatives such as environmentally friendly cloth bags, paper bags, and degradable shopping bags are encouraged to be used in shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores, etc.
; Alternatives such as lunch boxes; encourage the development of green logistics, advocate the use of reusable and easy-to-recycle packaging, and gradually reduce the use of non-degradable plastic packaging bags, disposable plastic woven bags, and non-degradable plastic tapes
.
Rewards for reporting violations
The "Draft" stipulates in terms of credit management: Municipal, county (district) people's governments and relevant departments of management agencies shall publicize the illegal information on the production, sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited and restricted catalogue in the national enterprise credit information publicity system , and incorporate it into the credit information sharing platform, and implement joint punishment in accordance with the law
.
Incentives are given in the reporting reward link
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Any unit or individual has the right to report any unit or individual that violates the "Regulations" by producing, selling or using non-degradable plastic products
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The city, county (district) people's government and the management agency's market supervision, ecological environment and other relevant departments shall announce the reporting method to the public, and the department that receives the report shall deal with it in a timely manner and inform the whistleblower of the handling result, and verify the authenticity of the real-name report.
, reward the whistleblower in accordance with relevant regulations
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Production and sales are restricted
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Those who produce and sell non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited and restricted catalogue shall be ordered by market supervision and agricultural and rural authorities to stop production and sales, confiscate illegally produced and sold products, and impose penalties for illegally produced and sold products whose value is equal to or less than the value of the products.
Fines; if there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall not be confiscated
.
Illegal use of the link to "landing"
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Operators who use or provide non-degradable plastic products in the list of prohibited and restricted use shall be ordered to make corrections by the relevant departments of commerce, postal administration, culture, radio, television, tourism and sports, market supervision, agriculture and rural areas, and shall be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan.
fine
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