Establishing a long-term mechanism for plastic pollution control
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2024-02-01 09:51
The Ministry of Commerce recently issued the ''Report Measures for the Use and Recycling of Disposable Plastic Products in the Commercial Field (Trial) '', which clearly proposes to encourage and guide the commercial field to reduce the use and actively recycle disposable plastic products such as plastic bags, and promote the application of recyclable, easy-to-recycle, and degradable Substitute products. The measures put forward clear requirements for plastic prohibition and plastic restriction in the commercial field. It is expected that by improving the reporting system and procedures for the use and recycling of disposable plastic products, the market entities in the circulation link will be promoted to fulfill their reporting obligations, so as to reduce the use of plastic products, increase the recycling of plastic waste, and actively promote the application of alternative products.
Since this year, China has introduced a series of measures to restrict the use of plastic products. Many Chinese and foreign catering enterprises in response to the "plastic reduction" action, the implementation of environmental protection packaging. Pizza Hut recently announced that by the end of 2020, all Pizza Hut restaurants in mainland China will stop using plastic straws and replace existing packaging with paper bags or biodegradable plastic bags, which is expected to reduce the use of non-degradable plastics by more than 1000 tons per year. As early as the end of last year, more than 4000 Starbucks stores in China have completely banned plastic straws, and 80% of McDonald's China's packaging has realized paper packaging. Many tea drinking enterprises, such as Xi cha and Naixue tea, have also promoted the use of paper straws in their stores, which has received positive responses from consumers.
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