Plastic pollution has become a problem in the world. According to research, since 1950, humans have produced about 9 billion tons of plastics. As of 2015, more than 6.9 billion tons have become garbage. The theme of this year's World Environment Day is 'plastic warfare. The decision is to appeal to all countries in the world to work together to fight the problem of disposable plastic pollution.
In 2008, China promulgated the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Restricting the Production and Sale of Plastic Shopping Bags", which is also known as the 'plastic limit order', which reduces the use of plastic bags from the source. Obviously, the use of plastic shopping bags in supermarkets and shopping malls has generally decreased by more than 2/3.
Recently, various localities have continued to introduce new programs to restrict the use of plastics. This year, the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly issued the “Implementation Plan for the Domestic Waste Classification System of Sichuan Province”, and the “Proposal” proposed to increase the “plastic limit order”. Strength, promote the use of vegetable baskets, cloth bags'. At the same time, restrict the use of disposable products in hotel, catering and other service industries; in April, the country's first take-away meal box group standard was released in Shanghai. The take-away industry will adopt more mature production technology. The coated paper bowl replaces the plastic feeding box. The quality and hygiene index of the coated paper bowl must meet the standards of the Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau; and the traditional plastic bags are replaced by three options: paper bag, degradable bag and textile bag. The standard is 6 Since the beginning of the month, pilot projects have been carried out in three districts of Shanghai Changning, Pudong and Putuo, and gradually promoted to the whole city.
In addition to the government's measures to 'limit plastic', the whole society is also advocating to limit the green life.
In the 2018 'Earth Hour' event, WWF put forward the theme of 'Open my 60+ life', 'Reducing plastics' as one of them. Together with the China Chain Store Association, Green Consumption and Green Supply Chain Alliance, In conjunction with Metro, Wal-Mart, RT-Mart, Supermarket, AEON, Gome, Hungry, Yingchuang, Shangdao Zongheng, etc., jointly announced the launch of the “Reshape the Future” theme of the plastic reduction initiative, for the replacement of plastics, recycling, Recycling, degradation and reduction of the entire industry chain, comprehensive solutions.
At the beginning of June, Nanping City, Fujian Province, the district two-level environmental protection bureau launched the 'garbage classification, plastic warfare quick decision' activity, advocating the public to use less broken bags and plastic packaging boxes, packaging bags, try not to use disposable plastic products, etc. When the things are convenient, they will buy a plastic bag. After learning that the unqualified plastic products have such a big hazard, I will pay more attention to it. 'Citizen Xiao Zhu said after participating in the event.
'It’s really shocking to see the environmental problems caused by pollution in the news, especially the news that a whale swallowed so many plastic bags and died yesterday. It’s really sad.” Li Peilan, a retired worker in Lanzhou, said she Reducing the use of plastic bags to start environmental protection has not only affected the family in recent years, but also mobilized relatives and friends to join the ranks of environmental protection.