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Original title: It is difficult to find plastic shopping bags in the Shanghai supermarket this year, and Shanghai may introduce market access system standards to further regulate the use.
Plastic shopping bags have become eco-friendly bags and plastic straws have become paper straws … Since 2021, the application of plastic products has undergone tremendous changes. After the launch of the “plastic reduction” campaign, the number of consumers who bought bags decreased and the application of new materials increased. The Municipal Development and Reform Commission stated that the reduction of plastics is not a ban for plastics, the ultimate goal is to guide the reasonable and adequate consumption of plastic products and avoid excessive use as far as possible.
Only 2 ecological bags are sold per day
Each environmental protection bag replaces the original plastic bag, which is not only eco-friendly but also reusable.
The journalist saw in a Lianhua supermarket that the original plastic shopping bags were no longer available and many consumers brought their own shopping bags to the supermarket. The salesman pulled out two non-woven bags from the depths of the counter and showed them to the reporter. These two non-woven bags with the same specifications as the original plastic bags were priced at 1 yuan and 1.5 yuan respectively, which were 0.2 and 0.2 yuan. The 0.3 yuan plastic bag is much more expensive.
The same scene happened at the Lawson convenience store. The seller told reporters that only two non-woven bags worth 1 yuan were sold in one day. “It turned out that when there were plastic bags, it was common to sell more than ten a day.”
“Selling more expensive eco-bags is not about making money. We hope that these bags are not sold, which means that consumers will bring their own shopping bags when they go shopping, “said a supermarket manager.
The reporter discovered that some consumers took two bento boxes and a can of drinks at the convenience store. He originally wanted to buy a plastic bag, but when he found out that there were only non-woven bags, he gave up the purchase. “Three things, you can hold them in your hand, they also support environmental protection.”
In large supermarkets, plastic shopping bags are nowhere to be seen either. However, although there are no plastic shopping bags at the register, the food roll bags in the fresh food area are still available for use, and some consumers who do not have shopping bags choose to tear the shopping bags apart. roll to use.
Degradable “new products” such as corn and sugar cane are frequently launched
When ordering a drink in a restaurant, plastic straws are no longer there, paper straws and straight drinking glasses have become the new “standard equipment”.
The reporter discovered that McDonald’s had long introduced drinking glasses without straws. Stores like Starbucks and Coucou Milk Tea also used paper straws for drinks that require straws.
In addition to disposable straws, those plastic food plates have also been replaced by a number of “new products.” A related person at the Burger King restaurant told reporters that the restaurant’s spoons are made from sugar cane pulp and the “plastic bags” use cornstarch. “The biodegradable plastic bag becomes brittle when exposed to light. We made it thicker so that it had the same load capacity as before. The spoon manufacturer originally exported its products to Europe and the opening was too large. Note that Chinese consumers mainly use spoons.For ice cream, we made the mouth of the spoon small and designed it in an arc shape, which not only fits everyone’s consumption habits, but also ensures that the mouth does not scratch “.
Some market participants said that existing degradable polylactic acid straws, under composted conditions, will degrade in just 90 days and eventually disappear.
The appearance of several new degradable products will also significantly reduce the use of plastics. According to industry experts, according to statistics, China is the world’s largest consumer of plastics. In 2019, approximately 63 million tons of waste plastics were produced, representing approximately 1/5 of the world.
Previously, Starbucks predicted that carbon emissions, water consumption, and waste could be reduced by 50% by 2030. Just dismantling non-degradable plastic straws can reduce plastic use by about 200 tons per year.
Plastic shopping bags will also be banned from the bazaar by the end of 2023
The “Implementation Plan” proposes that the current plastic restraining order in Shanghai will be implemented gradually. According to the plan, by 2021, the consumption of disposable plastic products in the city will be significantly reduced and alternative products will be effectively promoted; In prominent areas of plastic pollution and emerging areas such as e-commerce, express delivery, and takeout, a batch of replicable and marketable plastic cutbacks will form. Volume and green logistic model. 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 be basically established, and a government-led, corporate-based, public-based multi-government system will basically be formed. The development and application of alternative products will be further improved and plastic pollution will be reduced. Effective control.
As for plastic shopping bags, the bazaar has not yet been included in the scope, it is expected that by the end of 2023 the bazaar will also ban the use of disposable plastic shopping bags.
Song Wenxian, general secretary of the Shanghai Packaging Technology Association, said that in order to reduce plastics, it is necessary to make a fuss over the source of plastics. Plastic packaging materials can be “hands and feet” of the original composite material to simplify the material; “Items” can be made on the bottle cap to facilitate the separation of the bottle cap and the bottle body, facilitating recycling, processing and use. “Plastic is one of the indispensable packaging materials in daily life. Shanghai should lead the research and development, application and standard formulation of plastic packaging materials.”
Although it cannot be judged at first glance whether plastic products are degradable or not, in fact, the country has long established relevant professional standards. In an interview with reporters, Du Huanzheng, director of the Circular Economy Institute at Tongji University, said that Shanghai will also issue corresponding access standards to control the source of plastic products. “Those non-degradable plastic products will be removed from the market. In the future, our restaurants may see the corresponding biodegradable packaging logos.”
In addition, he noted that at present, with the gradual replacement of ordinary plastics, some new materials have also been applied. Of course, the cost of some alternative materials can be 10-20% more expensive than ordinary plastics, and some can be several times more expensive. This also caused the public to worry about prices. Du Huanzheng believes that for a product, the cost of the packaging itself represents a small proportion, so it will not cause large fluctuations in the final price of the product.
