After 11 years of plastic limit, the use of plastic bags in Xi’ an is still very large, and the farmers’ market says that there is no substitute.
Today is World Environment Day.
World theme:Defend the blue sky, I am an actor.
China theme:Beautiful China, I am an actor.
Shaanxi theme:Beautiful Sanqin, national action
June 5th is World Environment Day.
On June 5, 1972, the United Nations held the first conference on human environment in Stockholm, Sweden, and adopted the famous Declaration on Human Environment and the Action Plan to protect the global environment. The 1,300 delegates from 113 countries and regions attending the conference suggested that the opening day of the conference be "World Environment Day".
On June 5th every year, the United Nations Environment Programme selects a member country to hold the commemoration of "World Environment Day", publishes the Annual Report on the Status of the Environment and commends the "Top 500 in the World", and formulates the theme of "World Environment Day" according to the world’s major environmental problems and environmental hotspots of that year.
In 2019, World Environment Day will be hosted by China, and its home event will be held in Hangzhou. On June 5th, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme will jointly host the World Environment Day Global Home Event in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
In order to protect the ecological environment, in 2008, China began to implement the "Plastic Restriction Order". For 11 years, what about the use of plastic bags in Xi ‘an? Yesterday (June 4th), the reporter from Huashang Daily visited several supermarkets and farmers’ markets in Xi ‘an and found that there were still a large number of plastic bags in use.
A number of supermarkets and farmers’ markets in Xi ‘an still have a large number of plastic bags in use. Vision china data map
Phenomenon: Old people often bring their own cloth bags.
On December 31st, 2007, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on restricting the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags, which was called "plastic restriction order" by the masses. The "Plastic Restriction Order" stipulates: "From June 1, 2008, the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.025mm are prohibited nationwide". Since June 1, 2008, the system of paid use of plastic shopping bags has been implemented in all supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars and other retail places, and plastic shopping bags are not allowed to be provided free of charge.
Yesterday morning, the reporter saw in Yonghui Supermarket near Park South Road in Xi ‘an that there was a lot of people flowing. In the vegetable area, fruit area and grain area, there were free pre-packaged bags. Most customers used a separate bag for every purchase. An old lady who is choosing dishes has a cloth bag hanging on her shoulder. "This is my special cloth bag for buying vegetables. The shopping bag that can be carried in the supermarket is charged. I have this to save money and protect the environment." The old lady said, "My cloth bag will be washed once in a few days, and it is very clean to use."
The reporter of Huashang Daily noticed that many elderly people in supermarkets are carrying cloth bags or other reusable bags.
Supermarket: Free prepackaged bags are used in large quantities.
Mr. Lu, a staff member in the vegetable area of the supermarket, said: "Free prepackaged bags can use 2-3 rolls per day on average, with about 1,000 bags per roll. Compared with the plastic bags charged at the checkout counter, these free bags are used more."
Customer service supervisor Mao Dandan has worked in this supermarket for 10 years. "Shopping bags used at the checkout are all charged, small two hairs and big three hairs. Under normal circumstances, the number of shopping bags charged per month can be 20,000-30,000. In the peak period of the Chinese New Year holiday, the number of shopping bags charged per month can be 40,000-50,000. "
Mao Dandan said: "Overall, compared with before 2008, the use of plastic bags has declined, but it is difficult to eliminate it. Young people think that buying a plastic bag is not much money, and they can use it as garbage bags when they go home."
Yesterday morning, the reporter from Huashang Daily came to CR Vanguard Supermarket near Xiying Road. A staff member in the vegetable area and fruit area said: "You can use 6 rolls of prepackaged bags every day, with about 500 bags per roll." A staff member of the customer service department said: "Shopping plastic bags cost 2 cents for small bags and 3 cents for large bags. On average, you can use 10 boxes per week, with 1,000 boxes per box. The free pre-packaged bags in the supermarket are provided by suppliers, and we have not made statistics. " During the visit, the reporter found that the supermarket also sells reusable shopping bags, ranging from a few yuan to a dozen yuan. "Not many people buy it." A cashier said.
Farmers’ market: no plastic bag substitute can be found.
Yesterday afternoon, the reporter came to Xin Zhuque Agricultural Trade Wholesale Market in Xi ‘an, and saw many colorful plastic bags hanging on the stalls, and some customers carried many plastic bags of different colors in their hands.
A female boss of a booth said: "When business is good, we can use about 10 plastic bags every day, 50 for each, and 5.5 for each. We spend 55 yuan on plastic bags every day and get 1650 yuan a month."
"You see, there are big and small bags in my house, a small bag with 3 pieces of 5, a big bag with 6 pieces of 5, and 7 pieces of 8 pieces. Almost 15 small bags can be used every day, and 5 large bags can be used every day, each of which is about 50, and about 750 small bags are needed every day. " The female boss of another booth said, "When customers buy a dish, they will use a bag alone."
Mr. Wang, deputy director of the market management office, said: "The market has been in operation for five years and there are three or four hundred merchants. These plastic bags are non-degradable, and we don’t want to, but we can’t find a substitute. Judging from the products currently on the market, plastic bags are low in cost and convenient to use, and everyone still has no other choice. "
Environmental experts: the government, enterprises and citizens need to work together.
Deng Shunxi, a professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Chang ‘an University, said: "Plastic bags are mostly polyethylene, which cannot be degraded after being buried underground for hundreds of years. After burning, there are not only residues, but also harmful gases that pollute the environment."
"The plastic bag itself is not good, because the use cost is very low and it is very convenient. The most effective solution is to solve it from the source and develop and produce environmentally friendly and replaceable packaging bags." Deng Shunxi said that paper bags are not the best substitute. Plastic shopping bags are low in price, light, transparent, strong, waterproof, oil-proof and corrosion-resistant. "If paper packaging is used instead of plastic packaging, in order to achieve the performance of plastic bags, it is necessary to add plastics, aluminum foil and other substances to the paper, which will not only increase the cost, but also cause difficulties in recycling."
Deng Shunxi said that at present, the cost of making more environmentally friendly packaging bags will increase, but it still needs the joint efforts of the government, packaging bag manufacturers and citizens to develop and produce packaging bags with high cost performance and degradable pollution-free. On the other hand, citizens’ awareness of environmental protection needs to be enhanced, and reusable reusable shopping bags should be used as much as possible.
(The original title is: "I am still" doing "and" shaping "after 11 years of" plastic limit ")
