Free collar eco bag automatic bag dispensing machine will promote shopping without disposable plastic bags, are you ready?

□ Wang Xinchang Wentu, a video reporter of Dahe News and Yu

The revised "Henan Provincial Municipal Solid Waste Classification Management Measures" will be implemented from March 1 this year. Article 16 of Chapter 3 (Source Reduction) stipulates that the production, sale and use of non-degradable disposable plastic products are prohibited according to law. Markets, supermarket shopping is the most common application scenario of disposable plastic bags, what are the alternatives to disposable plastic bags? How about the pilot operation of the existing degradable environmental protection bags in Zhengzhou?

interview

Supermarket shopping bags are available free of charge at the market and store and need to be purchased at your own expense

On February 10, a reporter from Dahe News Yu saw at a large farmers' market on Shuike Road in Jinshui District that whether it is to buy vegetables or meat, the store will provide free disposable plastic bags. "Vegetables can also be put in shopping baskets or cloth bags, meat, bulk rice, grain, no plastic bags are inconvenient." Citizen Ms. Cao said.

"Hello, need a shopping bag (plastic bag)?" When checking out at the supermarket cashier, the cashier will generally take the initiative to ask the consumer. In supermarkets such as Dennis All Day Fresh and Oudford in Zhengzhou, customers must purchase disposable plastic bags at their own expense. Disposable plastic bags are divided into small bags and large bags, generally small bags unit price of 0.3 yuan, large bags unit price of 0.4 yuan or 0.6 yuan. Dahe Newspaper Yu video reporter observed at the cash register that customers who buy more goods generally buy disposable plastic bags at their own expense, and customers who shop less are likely not to buy disposable plastic bags.

Pilot

Do you know the free plasticless shopping bag?

No disposable plastic bags, what are the alternatives? Biodegradable eco-friendly bags are a good choice. It is understood that the degradable environmental protection bag uses plant fiber plastic materials, mainly based on plant straw (such as: wheat straw, bean straw, sorghum stalk, peanut vine, etc.) as raw materials, made through unique process technology, environmentally friendly and easy to degrade.

In the Hamik supermarket near the intersection of Zhongzhou Avenue and Tianlun Road in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou City, there are two automatic bag dispensing machines at the cash register, and degradable environmental protection bags are provided free of charge. No download APP, no registration, no charge, the public can use WeChat to scan and collect.

At noon on February 10, the reporter of Dahe News Yu Video came here and observed on the spot that some citizens had taken the initiative to receive this kind of environmental protection bag. The reporter used WeChat to scan the two-dimensional code on the machine, follow the link after paying attention to the public number, and a degradable environmental protection bag spit out, and the whole process was about 30 seconds.

"We have set up a total of 3 pilots in Zhengzhou, each pilot 2 machines, consuming about 1,000 bags per day, about 30,000 bags per month." "Plastic-free earth," said Li Liang, city manager of Zhengzhou. It is understood that in addition to doing pilots in supermarkets, Li Liang also set up machines in four communities in Zhengzhou, each with 1 machine, with a low utilization rate, and an average of about 50 bags per machine per day.

Dahe News Yu video reporter learned that in addition to the "plastic-free earth", there are also cloud bags, smart bags, 360 bags of Xiaobao and other institutions in the Zhengzhou market to promote degradable environmental protection bags.

pain point

Weak environmental awareness The penetration rate of environmental protection bag equipment is low

In the interview, the Dahe Newspaper Yu video reporter learned that the promotion of degradable environmental protection bags also has the following pain points.

On the one hand, the public's awareness of environmental protection needs to be improved. In life, such as markets, supermarket shopping, restaurant takeaway packaging, disposable plastic bags are very common. During the interview, even in supermarkets with biodegradable eco-friendly bags, many customers habitually purchased disposable plastic bags instead of using degradable eco-bags for free.

In addition, the full popularization of degradable environmental protection bags requires greater efforts. For example, although Zhengzhou has established a number of pilots from 2021, the popularity in the past six months is not large, the amount of customer use has not grown in a spurt, and it is still impossible to easily find degradable environmental protection bags when shopping and ordering takeaways.

prospect

Not using single-use plastic bags can become a habit

"Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", controlling plastic pollution is not only the responsibility of the government, but also the common cause of the whole society, which requires the joint participation of enterprises, social organizations and the general public.

On October 22, the 7th G22 Green Summit was held in Zhengzhou. The original intention of the conference site selection is also to cooperate with the government's "plastic ban action", improve the "plastic-free" ability of enterprises, and improve the public's awareness of environmental protection.

"This time henan province's policy is particularly powerful, the public's awareness of environmental protection to keep up, you can imagine it, soon after, catering takeaway does not use non-degradable plastic shopping bags, do not use non-degradable disposable plastic straws, the people do not need disposable plastic bags for shopping, everyone consciously turns the use of disposable plastic bags into living habits." Li Liang said. He also said that in 2021, affected by the flood and the epidemic, the popularity of degradable environmental protection bag machines has been affected to a certain extent, and this year will be fully free of charge.