On the importance of limiting the use of plastic bags of problems and development of environmentally friendly products

From June 2008 to June this year, "plastic limit" has been implemented for six years. For six years, "plastic limit" to our lives changed? June 15, the survey found, shopping malls, supermarkets plastic limit effect is obvious, farmers markets are still using free plastic bags, implementation of the results can be described as mixed.
Shopping malls, supermarkets implementation of good
The same day, visiting located Wenfeng Avenue, Hongqi road several large shopping malls and supermarkets and found that since the "plastic limit" was promulgated, the city's major shopping malls and supermarkets are in accordance with the relevant provisions of the implementation of the paid supply of plastic shopping bags.
Day 10 am, in Wenfeng Avenue, a large supermarket shopping, reporters rough statistics, over 20 minutes, closing nearly 60 consumers, nearly 30 people bring their own bags or old plastic bags. 12:00 in the Red Road, a supermarket shopping, 50 customers who bring their own bags of more than 20 people. "It is hard to imagine six years ago." In a large supermarket chain cashier Wang Sha said, the beginning of the execution, many people still feel that comes with shopping bags trouble, supermarkets have been advocating the use of customer self with environmentally friendly plastic bags. In recent years, the supermarket plastic bags paid sales decreased significantly.
Farmers markets plastic limit blind spots exist
Accordance with the "plastic limit" and the national standard plastic shopping bags, plastic bags thickness of 0.025 mm or less should prohibit the production, sale and use, direct contact with food bags should be marked as "food." However, a number of reporters in the urban farmers market found the plastic bag provided little stall-standard, extensive use of ultra-thin plastic bags are still free.
Similarly, the "plastic limit" for the street vendors have lost effectiveness. According to reporter observed, every night, on the streets of the emergence of a number of food stalls. These stalls selling a variety of snacks, are put into small thin transparent plastic bag, after diners had finished, the bags was readily thrown into the trash, it is a veritable one-time items.
Difficult market management
"Compensation for the use" is an important reason many consumers enthusiasm faded plastic shopping bags, which consumers in farmers' markets has been particularly evident. "Buy the vegetables only a few cents, to spend a few cents to buy a bag, more worthwhile." Citizen Zhang Fang said. A city farmers market operators Li Bin also said that farmers' markets are often small transactions, such as into the purchase of environmentally friendly plastic bags, will increase costs; paid to provide plastic bags, consumers are not willing to.
In this regard, the business sector, the official said that the new regulations introduced six years ago, the city has undertaken multi-sectoral joint law enforcement operations, focus on examination of whether the operators are qualified to use plastic bags, if consumers paid to provide plastic bags, plastic bags wholesale Suppliers whether sales in line with new standards of qualified plastic bags. However, since some consumers environmental awareness is not strong, the source of plastic bags production supervision more difficult, making the current farmers market implementation of paid use of plastic bags, there is a certain degree of difficulty.
Development of environmentally friendly products is the key
"There is no better alternative to plastic bags" are a lot of people on free plastic bags "generosity" of the important factors. Relevant person in charge of a large supermarket in the city, said, "plastic limit" the implementation of these years, supermarkets use plastic bags paid less, but actually increased the amount of Shredded bags, because it is provided free of charge, many consumers when shopping habits to earn more, to use as a shopping bag.
In this regard, a staff member of the municipal environmental protection department, said in a plastic bag "limit" at the same time, but also to consider "sparse." The implementation of the ban on the fundamental need state support of related industries, the development of biodegradable environmentally friendly products, otherwise the long term, "plastic limit" may become a dead letter. In addition to the relevant departments to increase the "plastic limit" propaganda, from the production source control "white pollution", the Government should also issue preferential policies as soon as possible and increase capital investment, the introduction of more environmentally friendly, low-cost, people happy to use environmentally friendly alternatives, so as to change the status quo, "plastic bags the world". (From CNR)