What did the plastic restriction order bring us?! 15

1. It is forbidden to produce, sell and use ultra-thin plastic shopping bags.

From June 1, 2008, the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than millimeters (hereinafter referred to as ultra-thin plastic shopping bags) will be prohibited nationwide. The National Development and Reform Commission should pay close attention to revising the "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalog" and include ultra-thin plastic shopping bags in the catalogue of eliminated products. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine should speed up the revision of national standards for plastic shopping bags, formulate eye-catching qualified plastic shopping bag product marks, study and promote fast and simple testing methods for plastic shopping bags, and urge enterprises to organize production in strict accordance with national standards to ensure the quality of plastic shopping bags.

Second, the implementation of plastic shopping bags paid use system.

Supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars and other commodity retail places are the places where plastic shopping bags are most concentrated, and most of them currently provide plastic shopping bags for free. In order to guide the masses to use and economize on the use of plastic shopping bags, since June 1, 2008, in all supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars and other commodity retail places to implement the paid use of plastic shopping bags, no free plastic shopping bags. Commodity retail establishments must clearly mark the price of plastic shopping bags, and collect the price of plastic shopping bags in addition to the price of the goods, and shall not provide or imply the price of plastic shopping bags in the total price of the goods.

The Ministry of Commerce, in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission, shall formulate specific management measures for the paid use of plastic shopping bags in commodity retail establishments, and earnestly implement them, and gradually form a market environment for the paid use of plastic shopping bags.

It also solves the employment problem of some people, and at the same time increases the income of the shopping mall.

The positive significance of the implementation of the "plastic restriction order" for the whole society:

Since the implementation of the plastic restriction order, the positive significance for the whole society is self-evident, and its positive significance is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

1. Energy saving: The cost of plastic bags is low, and the reuse rate is also very low, and the number of plastic bags to be consumed in the world every year is also an astronomical amount, so it also needs to consume a lot of valuable oil resources. Restricting the use of plastic bags can save oil resources to a large extent.

2. Protect the environment: Plastic bags not only waste resources, but also cause great damage to the environment. This is the main reason why we call plastic bags "white trash".

3. Cultivate people's awareness of environmental protection: restricting plastic bags is not only to save resources and protect our living environment, but also to play a good role in publicity and guidance by influencing this daily behavior that is closely related to our daily life, so as to cultivate everyone's awareness of environmental protection and ensure that our whole society is moving towards a sustainable development path.

Consumer Impact.

After buying something in the supermarket, you have to spend a few cents to buy a plastic bag, which is all free, and a small number of consumers may be psychologically uncomfortable. However, there are also some consumers who realize the harm of plastic bags to the environment, and also express their understanding, and consumers with a higher "realm" have replaced plastic bags with non-woven bags to support environmental protection. It has been more than a month since the plastic restriction order was implemented, and most consumers have adapted to the new rules.

Background. China consumes a lot of plastic shopping bags every year. While providing convenience for consumers, plastic shopping bags have also caused serious waste of energy, resources and environmental pollution due to excessive use and inadequate disposal.

In particular, ultra-thin plastic shopping bags are easy to break, and most of them are discarded at will, becoming the main source of "white pollution".

More and more countries and regions have restricted the production, sales and use of plastic shopping bags. In order to implement the scientific concept of development and build a resource-saving society and an environment-friendly society, we should take effective measures from the source to urge enterprises to produce durable and easy-to-use plastic shopping bags, guide and encourage the masses to use plastic shopping bags rationally, and promote the comprehensive utilization of resources.

To protect the ecological environment and further promote energy conservation and emission reduction, China's General Office issued a notice on restricting the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags on December 31, 2007, which was called "plastic restriction order" by the masses.

1. Save energy

The cost of plastic bags is low, the reuse rate is extremely low, and the number of plastic bags consumed in the world each year is also astronomical, so a lot of valuable petroleum resources need to be consumed. Restricting the use of plastic bags can save oil resources to a large extent.

2. Protect the environment

Plastic bags are not only a waste of resources, but at the same time, those discarded plastic bags also cause great damage to the environment. This is the main reason why we call plastic bags "white trash".

3. Cultivate people's awareness of environmental protection

Restricting plastic bags is not only to save resources and protect our living environment, but also to play a good role in promoting and guiding the society by influencing this kind of daily behavior that is closely related to our daily life, so as to cultivate everyone's awareness of environmental protection and ensure that our whole society is moving towards a sustainable development path.

Achievements of the plastic restriction order

The data shows that from 2008 to 2016, about 70 billion plastic shopping bags used in major commodity retail establishments across the country were saved, and about 100 million were saved every year. However, in 2016 alone, the national express delivery industry consumed about 14.7 billion plastic bags, and the three major domestic takeaway platforms consumed at least 7.3 billion plastic bags a year, far exceeding the savings of retail malls.

Statistics show that in 2018, the annual parcel volume of China's express delivery exceeded 50 billion on December 28. Zeng Liangbing, president of the Guangdong Modern Logistics Research Institute, said that the express delivery industry has been advocating to reduce the use of plastic packaging bags, but the implementation process has not been done well. When the public receives the express delivery, they can see whether the express packaging is recyclable and can be labeled, so as to preliminarily judge whether it belongs to the environmental protection type.

The above content refers to the notice of the General Office of Encyclopedia-*** on restricting the production and sale of plastic shopping bags.

"It is difficult to restrict the use of plastic bags, but the reason is very simple. At the same time, the limited scope of the "limit" and the unclear punishment also affect the implementation of the policy. Secondly, the "plastic restriction order" involves many departments, and the result of unclear rights and responsibilities often leads to "Kowloon water control", which makes it difficult to truly implement the "plastic restriction order".

At the same time, the current cost of degradable plastic bags in the market is high, and the public's awareness of environmental protection has not been significantly improved, which has exacerbated the deterioration of the problem. It is precisely in view of the current predicament of the "plastic restriction order" that many departments such as the state and the State Post Bureau have recently begun to study the further expansion of the implementation scope of the "plastic restriction order", which is a good sign.

It should be noted that according to the experience and lessons learned since the implementation of the "plastic restriction order", the expansion of the scope of implementation also means that the regulatory task is more arduous. How to solve the old problems such as long supervision, and at the same time study the new topics brought about by the plastic delivery and takeaway restrictions, this is a new test for the best departments. **Supervision and inspection of each link such as production limit, sale restriction and use restriction of plastic bags should not be absent.

This requires the establishment of a set of long-term restraint mechanisms that can not only limit the production of plastic shopping bags, but also control their use, so as to ensure that various regulatory measures are in place. For the development of green alternative packaging supplies research institutions, production enterprises, and all sectors of society should increase care, publicity and support.

At the same time, it actively promotes the public's awareness of environmental protection and awareness of environmentally friendly alternative packaging products. Only when the cost of alternatives becomes lower, easier to resolve, and the public has a better understanding of their benefits, can the role of the "plastic restriction order" be truly realized.

There is no problem with the plastic bag itself, but it is the problem to throw it away at will

**The introduction of this policy shows that plastic pollution has reached the point where it must be controlled, and it is necessary to curb the bridge and reduce plastic waste pollution. There is no problem with the plastic itself, the problem is that everyone discards it into the environment at will, which causes pollution to the environment. As far as the plastic bag itself is concerned, it meets the needs of people's lives.

Convenient, hygienic and inexpensive, if used plastic bags can be returned to sustainable recycling, this problem will not exist. It is precisely because of everyone's unconscious and non-standard behavior that compulsory measures have been introduced. The purpose of the plastic restriction order is to eliminate plastic pollution, and the process supervision and management should be carried out from the whole life cycle of the design, production, use, disposal, and utilization of plastic products.

At the same time, it is also necessary to intensify social propaganda and raise the people's awareness of environmental protection. "Citizens can comply with the relevant regulations, in daily life, the use of recyclable plastic bags, plastic tableware, etc., after use, do not discard into the environment at will, but the plastic rubber garbage to the place, unified treatment, into the garbage classification and reuse of the cycle.