Recently, the European Commission has proposed a bill that all disposable products such as straws and beverage stir bars will not be made of plastic in the future, but must be made of environmentally friendly materials. Currently, the bill needs to be obtained by the European Parliament and the Council of Europe before it enters into force. by.
The reporter learned that in addition to prohibiting disposable plastic plates, cutlery, straws, beverage stir sticks and cotton swabs, the bill also requires member states to propose to reduce the use of disposable food containers such as plastic beverage cups. Containers, only those containers with a bottle cap and a bottle body can be marketed.
According to reports, once the bill is passed, by 2030, the new regulations will reduce the environmental damage caused by plastic pollution by 22 billion euros, and will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3.4 million tons.
Taizhou is an important processing base for plastic products in the world. According to statistics, there are 377 companies in the plastics industry in Taizhou, with more than 50,000 injection molding equipment, and the annual consumption of raw materials is more than 600 million tons. For the Taizhou plastics industry, the EU proposed What impact will the 'plastic limit' program have once implemented?
'We mainly export to Europe, America and Japan and Korea, focusing on functional kitchen products. According to the EU's 'plastic limit order' program, not all plastic products are banned, our products are not in the banned directory. Yang Wenjun, executive deputy general manager of Ma Plastic Industry, told reporters that although there is no direct impact on their enterprises, the release of the EU 'plastic limit order' means that the international market is paying more and more attention to environmental protection issues, and they will also upgrade their products.
It is understood that the proposal reduces disposable plastic products sold in supermarkets and prohibits the production and sale of certain products in order to replace them with more environmentally friendly products so that consumers can continue to use their favorite products. The raw materials for the plastics production of plastic products are no longer limited to plastics, but extend to stainless steel, glass, ceramics, etc., through the combination of plastic and new materials to increase the added value of products.
Compared with Taizhou household plastic products enterprises whose products are not in the EU's 'plastic limit order' banned catalogue, Fuling Plastics, which produces disposable plastic lunch boxes, lost nearly 100 million yuan in sales due to changes in the international environment.
'All along, our annual sales growth has been maintained at 25% to 30%, but this year's sales growth rate is only 15%. 'Fulan Plastics Chairman Jiang Guilan also serves as the president of Taizhou Plastics Industry Association, she Tell reporters that they mainly provide disposable tableware and straws for KFC, McDonald's, etc. This year's sales growth is inseparable from the Sino-US trade war. Currently, they have developed environmentally friendly materials instead of plastics, and the EU's 'plastic limit' program Once implemented, they will be forced to step up research and development and application of environmentally friendly materials. 'Environmental protection will gradually occupy the future market, plastic products companies can not stay at this stage, but to high-quality development, production of high value-added products. ' Jiang Guilan said .