In recent years, the variety and quantity of commodity packaging in China have increased rapidly. A large proportion of wastes such as waste paper, waste cans, and waste plastics are discarded after use.
Members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress recently reviewed the State Council's feedback report on law enforcement inspections of solid waste laws. In response to how to prevent solid waste pollution, Han Xiaowu pointed out that disposable cups, disposable chopsticks, disposable slippers, and disposable toothbrushes are widely used. , Increased the amount of waste generated. He suggested limiting the use of disposable items, regulating product packaging behavior, improving packaging materials and design, and strive to reduce the amount of waste generated by disposable consumer goods.
According to incomplete statistics, in 2009, the plastic used by our country for producing bottles was 3 million tons. By 2015, 5 million tons of waste plastic bottles would be produced each year. Gong Jianming said that plastic bottles are difficult to decompose, but there are many ways to reuse them. He suggested that while dealing with solid waste, more research should be conducted on the reuse of solid waste.
The problem of environmental pollution caused by refractory plastic waste has become an important issue of global concern. The UN Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed the theme of 'swift and decisive action' and called for solving the issue of disposable plastic pollution. China also proposed this year 'beautiful China'. The actor's Chinese theme complements them.
China's ecological environment quality has continued to improve in recent years, but its effectiveness has been unreliable. Since the introduction of the 'plastic limit order' in 2008, the results have been 'were mixed'. Data indicate that between 2008 and 2016, China's major retail sites used plastic bags. The volume has decreased by two-thirds, with an average annual reduction of 8.75 billion. However, in the past two years, the rapid development of e-commerce and the express delivery industry, as well as lax regulation of plastic packaging, have led to the use of plastic bags out of control.
In 2017, the total number of courier parcels in China reached 40 billion, of which the use of plastic bags and foams is huge. The pollution problems caused by this are quite serious. Xu Shaoshi said that some fish caught in the ocean have micro-plastics in their bodies. The pollutants.
In this regard, Chen Wei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, called for strengthening regulations and accelerating the development and promotion of alternative products for plastic bags. At the same time, in order to address new situations and new issues, the regulations on plastic-restricting were further improved.