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Regarding the “Draft Law for the Promotion of Plastic Resources Recycling” (new plastic bill) that the government intends to enforce in April 2022, the Ministry of the Environment is considering charging for disposable plastic spoons and forks. They are delivered for free at convenience stores and the like. That was reported on March 9, 2009.
After the shopping bag that started in July 2008, there is a possibility that familiar plastic products will be loaded. How did Twitter users take it? The analysis was performed using an SNS analysis tool.
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Minister of the Environment Shinjiro Koizumi (photographed in 2017)
The media emphasize the “spoon load” with headlines
The “Plastic Resources Recycling Promotion Bill”, which was approved by the government on March 9, aims to reduce the emission of plastic waste and promote recycling. The measures are taken in three stages: “design / manufacture”, “sale / provision” and “emission / collection / recycling”. Of these, the “sale / provision” stage is a disposable plastic provided by companies such as convenience stores, restaurants, and cafes. Request the rationalization of the use of straws, forks, spoons, etc.
According to Yomiuri Shimbun’s online report on the afternoon of the 9th, the measures to be taken by each commercial operator will be stipulated by the Environment Ministry after the enactment of the bill. Specifically, the company is considering forcing them to take one of these measures, such as “paying for” disposable plastic products, “returning points to customers who did not receive them,” and “switching to alternative materials.” If you violate the order, you will be fined up to 500,000 yen. The bill is now being deliberated in the Diet and is expected to take effect in April next year.
In July 2008, plastic shopping bags distributed in retail stores were charged under the Packaging and Recycling Law. Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said: “The spoons will no longer be free. It is an advanced version of the charge for plastic bags” (TV Asahi News, reported 9).
Among the media reporting on this issue, Tele-Asa News said: “Considering charging a spoon for the new plastic bill,” Yomiuri Online said, “Considering charging a spoon at a convenience store, Environment Minister Koizumi” . More people carry it themselves, “they both reported with headlines emphasizing” paying for spoons. ” In the article, “spoon” and “fork” are illustrated as disposable plastic products that are loaded.
After a series of reports, words like “new plastic bill”, “spoon charge”, “consideration charge” and “Minister Koizumi” became a hot topic on Twitter on the 9th around 2:00 pm.
Notable “negative” reaction on Twitter
How did Twitter users perceive this report? On the 9th, J-CAST News used the SNS analysis tool “Social Insight” to add the word “paid” in addition to the words “fork” and “spoon” that were tweeted before 7:00 PM on the same day. Analyze tweets they contain. A “positive / negative analysis” was performed on 7036 tweets that could be added at 7:00 p.m. to show whether the content of the tweet was positive or negative. As a result, the negative response (6.88%) exceeded the positive response (3.17%). Twitter
Specifically, “I will not buy lunch boxes in convenience stores”, “I will not buy fried rice, tortilla rice, pudding after meals, etc. because I feel it is expensive”, “I will stop buying food that needs spoons”. it was a voice. Also, as the number of these consumers increases, some people worry that products that require a fork to eat will not be sold in stores, saying, “Don’t lose the spaghetti from the corner of the lunch box!”
Apart from that, there are voices concerned by the convenience store employee who are forced to respond: “The load for the employee seems to exceed the limit” and “It is problematic for the employee to take care of the bag.” resistance, saying he couldn’t tell.
On the other hand, some people are positive about the measures, saying “I can carry as much as a spoon” and “I was wondering why spoons are free after the cash register charges for plastics. Hiroyuki, founder of the Internet bulletin board “2channel”, also wrote on her Twitter account that “Shinjiro Koizumi is doing a good job. The policy of reducing plastics is hated by the industry, so the more people do not work “More people will like me, but Mr. Koizumi seems to have chosen to produce results even if he doesn’t like it.”
