National People's Congress Deputies Jin Jinlu - Legislation forbidding the production of disposable plastic and foam
The commercial benefits and conveniences of disposable plastics and foam products are far from directly proportional to the cost of environmental governance. In addition to the standardized handling of these plastics and foam products, there must also be a strong legal and regulatory mechanism.
'background'
The plastic foam waste polymer resin composition has a strong stability, it is difficult to degrade in nature, the general degradation cycle of 200 to 400 years. A large number of non-degradable plastic foam products such as plastic bags, disposable tableware, etc. after use Discarded in the environment, the formation of white pollution, to a certain extent caused irreversible damage to the ecological environment.
'Suggest'
National People's Congress deputy Jin Jinlu suggested that legislation should be carried out at the national level. The relevant national ministries and commissions organize expert groups to classify the products and determine the scope of prohibition of production and restrictions on use. Biodegradable plastic technology involves the addition of a certain amount of plastics and foam products during the production process. Additives that degrade biodegradable plastics and foam products after they have been used and disposed of in nature for three months, can be broken down into fragments from intact shapes, thus at least visually improving the environment, but these fragments cannot continue to degrade, Only from large pieces to small pieces of plastics, the impact on sanitation and the difficulty of recycling cannot be completely solved. It cannot be fundamentally qualified to eliminate white pollution. Therefore, except for the prohibition of non-degradable disposable plastics and foam products In addition, legislation should also cover degradable disposable plastic products.