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Recently, the Emirate King of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, issued a decree to prohibit the trade and import of single-use plastic bags in Dubai from January 1, 2024. This ban aims to reduce the harm caused by plastic pollution to the natural environment and the diversity of biological resources, and encourage people and companies to use recyclable products to achieve sustainable development. However, the plastic ban excludes thin plastic bags used to pack meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, grains, bread, etc., garbage bags, plastic bag products for export or re-export, etc.
It is understood that the Dubai government requires businesses to reduce the use of plastic products and disposable products, and must provide customers with affordable and recyclable disposable plastic bag alternatives. Practitioners who violate the ban face a fine of 200 dirhams (about 389 yuan). In case of multiple violations within a year, the penalty will be doubled up to a maximum of AED 2,000.
——Summary of "plastic restriction order" and "plastic ban" policies at home and abroad
In recent years, for the purpose of environmental protection and sustainable development, many governments around the world have introduced laws and policies to control "white pollution", and a series of supporting policies such as "plastic restriction order" and "plastic ban" at home and abroad have been introduced to promote the rapid development of degradable materials, and pulp molded products have driven rapid expansion of demand with degradable characteristics.
-- The demand for biodegradable plastics has increased
The treatment of plastic pollution should mainly start from four aspects: source reduction, recycling, substitution and cleanup, among which replacing traditional plastics with degradable plastics in the natural environment is an important part of the above treatment work. Therefore, the global demand for biodegradable plastics is growing rapidly. According to data from the European Bioplastics Association and Frost & Sullivan, the demand for biodegradable plastics was 1.3 million tons in 2014 and reached about 3.22 million tons in 2020, with an average annual growth rate of 16.7%.
The rapid development of the European biodegradable plastics market is mainly supported by relevant European laws and regulations. In the global demand for biodegradable plastics, Europe has the largest demand, accounting for 31%, North America and China accounting for 28% and 20% respectively.
According to the forecast data of the National Engineering Research Center for Engineering Materials of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, among the about 2 million tons of products prohibited by the national plastic restriction order at the end of 2022, the demand for PBAT/PBS will reach more than 1 million tons, and the final plastic restriction order (by the end of 2025) will involve more than 8 million tons of products per year, and the demand for biodegradable plastics is expected to exceed 5 million tons.
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