Shanghai’s ten departments to strengthen plastic pollution control jointly issued the latest plan | Shanghai_Sina Finance_Sina.com

Original Title: To Strengthen Plastic Pollution Control, Ten Shanghai Departments Jointly Released The Latest Plan

Recently, the Shanghai Development and Reform Commission and the Municipal Ecological Environment Office jointly issued the “Shanghai Implementation Plan to further strengthen the treatment of plastic pollution” (hereinafter referred to as the “Implementation Plan”) , whose objective is to standardize and further guide the whole Society consumes plastic products in a reasonable and appropriate way, improves recycling efficiency, avoids waste as much as possible and minimizes and avoids the impact and risk of plastic products in the environment environment throughout the life cycle of plastic products.

As a very large city, Shanghai has a large population and a large amount of plastics. In recent years, with the transformation of production and lifestyle and the development of emerging business formats, the consumption of plastic products, especially disposable plastic products, has increased rapidly and the control of plastic pollution is facing situations and serious challenges.

The “Implementation Plan” is based on the actual Shanghai conditions, and in accordance with the general idea of ​​”restricting a batch, replacing a batch, and standardizing a batch”, it emphasizes reduction, recycling, recycling and environmental protection. of plastic products of production and circulation. , The use, recycling and disposal of the whole process and each link clearly present phased objectives and systematic governance requirements and task measures.

At a press conference on September 29, 2020, Zhou Qiang, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that the “prohibited lots” are mainly intended for large amounts of use, high risk of leakage, low value reusable and difficult to recycle or clean. Plastic products, to achieve the reduction of origin through prohibitions and restrictions.

The “batch replacement” mainly takes into account that public awareness of environmental protection has been increasing. The waste sorting work has created a good social atmosphere and a working base. Along with the innovation and progress of green technology in recent years, the market has more and more alternative products. The usage scenarios and bindings of some plastic products can be conditionally replaced.

The “one batch regulation” is mainly to further regulate the use of plastic products and the sorting and recycling of plastic waste, resource utilization and harmless disposal.

The “Implementation Plan” presents a phased objective for the control of plastic pollution: by 2020, take the initiative in the prohibition and restriction of the production, sale and use of some plastic products in key areas such as catering, hotels, hotels and postal delivery, and basically achieving zero plastic waste. Landfill

By 2021, the consumption of disposable plastic products in the city will be significantly reduced, alternative products will be promoted effectively, and the proportion of plastic waste recycling and energy use will increase sharply;

By 2022, plastic waste will be disposed of in landfills;

By 2023, the city’s management system for the production, circulation, consumption, recycling and disposal of plastic products will basically be established. Basically a multi-governance system led by the government, based on companies and with public participation will be formed, and plastic pollution will be controlled effectively.

At the same time, this round of “Implementation Plan” made efforts in four aspects simultaneously, and through the design of the entire process system, promoted the improvement of source reduction, classification and recycling, resource utilization and risk control. environmental protection of plastic products, forming a multiple co-governance system for plastic pollution.

In terms of source reduction, Shanghai will orderly restrict the use of four types of plastic products: disposable plastic shopping bags, disposable plastic tableware, hotels, hotels, disposable plastic products and express plastic packaging; At the same time, it will promote eco-design and improve plastics. Product safety and recycling performance.

In terms of sorting and recycling, Shanghai encourages qualified locations to further refine “blue barrels” of recyclable materials and increase the recycling rate for waste plastics; promote multi-party cooperation between take-out e-commerce platforms, environmental sanitation departments and recycling companies. Placing plastic container recycling facilities in key areas. Establish and improve the recycling system of agricultural waste film and yellow board, and basically realize the full recovery of agricultural waste film and yellow board by the end of 2023.

In terms of resource utilization, Shanghai will promote the utilization of plastic waste resources, match the actual conditions of Shanghai, increase political support, cultivate plastic waste resource utilization projects and enterprises, and upgrade polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene (PP). , Polyethylene (PE) and other categories of level of use of plastic waste resources.

In terms of environmental risk control, Shanghai will ban the production and sale of ultra-thin plastic bags with a thickness of less than 0.025mm, polyethylene film for agricultural mulch with a thickness of less than 0.01mm, disposable foamed plastic tableware, swabs made of disposable plastic cotton and plastic microbeads. Daily chemicals and other disposable plastic products that are easy to leak into the environment.

At the same time, Shanghai will carry out special cleanup of plastic waste, carry out ecological environmental impact assessment and human health risk assessment of plastic waste and microplastic pollution, and ensure stable and consistent emissions. to the standards of waste incineration and power generation companies.

Editor in charge: Yin Yue