Dahe News Yu video reporter Wang Xinchang
The revised Measures for the Classification and Management of Municipal Solid Waste in Henan Province 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?
Visits: Markets, shops are provided for free Supermarket shopping bags are bought more
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: Free Plastic Bag Did you know what to do?
No disposable eco-friendly 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 orange stalks (such as: wheat stalks, bean stalks, sorghum rods, peanut vines, etc.) as raw materials, made through unique process technology, environmentally friendly and easy to degrade.
In the Hamik supermarket near Tianlun Road, Zhongzhou Avenue, 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, followed the link after paying attention to the public number, and a degradable environmental protection bag spat 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, and 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 in the promotion of degradable environmental protection bags.
Pain points: 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.
Outlook: Not using single-use plastic bags will 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 the policy of Henan Province is particularly powerful, the public's awareness of environmental protection can keep up, you can enjoy the following, soon after, the catering package takeaway does not use non-degradable plastic shopping bags, does not use non-degradable disposable plastic suction, the people do not use disposable plastic bags for shopping, everyone consciously does not use disposable plastic bags into a habit of life." 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.
Source: Dahe Newspaper Yu Video Editor: Qu Ke