Henan's "Plastic Ban Order" will be implemented today, and plastic bags will have "ID cards" in the future

Degradable straws available in a store

Environmentally friendly plastic bags in a beverage store, provided to consumers for free

Top News Henan Business Daily reporter Zhang Yifei / photo

The new Henan "plastic ban" in March is here! Related to the public, non-degradable plastic products will gradually disappear in the market.

Plastic restrictions have been in place for many years, and many people worry that the plastic ban is just talk

Today, Henan's "plastic ban" begins

Henan's plastic ban has taken another important step.

Article 16 of the "Measures" is closely related to the daily life of the majority of residents

Regarding the "Measures", on the Internet, some netizens in Henan expressed their confusion: "The plastic restriction has been promoted for many years.

"It is said to be a ban on plastics, but I don't think it can be completely banned at once

Top News Henan Business Daily reporters found that for large chain supermarkets closely related to the life of citizens, they are equipped with shopping bags at the cash register, and there are also food bags for citizens to pick up free of charge in the supermarket; farmers markets and road There are also disposable plastic bags hanging in front of the booths of individual merchants on the side, and no consumers have questioned whether they are degradable

Take the farmer's market as an example, how popular is the current level of degradable plastic products?

"We're doing what we're required to do

Like fresh products, plastic bags can also be traceable

In fact, on September 28, 2021, the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Henan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, the Henan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, and the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce issued the "Notice on Expanding the Implementation Scope of the Banned and Restricted Management of Some Plastic Products" ” (“Notice”), which expanded the implementation scope of the ban and restriction management of some plastic products, saying that from January 1, 2022, shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies and other places as well as food and beverages will be packaged and delivered in urban built-up areas of cities above the county level in the province.

"But because of various emergencies in Henan Province in 2021, the "Notice" has been postponed,"

It is understood that China has implemented the plastic restriction order since June 1, 2008.

Jilin Province officially implemented a ban on plastics on January 1, 2015, becoming the first province in China to ban plastics in six years.

This time Henan Province implemented the ban on plastics, and there is a move that is at the forefront of the country-the Henan Province Biodegradable Plastics Industry Chain Innovation Alliance (referred to as the "Alliance") has been established, and is gradually establishing a traceability system for degradable plastics, launching traceable source code and alliance logos

"This is also mentioned in the "Notice" last year, encouraging relevant industry associations and enterprises to establish a degradable material industry alliance," Duan Tongsheng explained.

Among them, the so-called traceability source code is equivalent to the traceability source code on the box where citizens go to the supermarket to buy fresh food and packaging.

Fake degradable plastic products There are also "counterfeit goods" in plastic products

Traceability is like an ID card for plastic products

The traceability of plastic products is not like fresh food.
Citizens have strict requirements on the safety of imported food.
"Containers" such as plastic products seem to have a high degree of tolerance in the eyes of citizens
.

"At present, there are 20 companies in the alliance.
These companies can add traceable source code and alliance logos to their products, but it may not be easy to get the attention of users
.
" Duan Tongsheng said, "First, there are no clear regulations in the policy, so that In the future, plastic products circulating in the market will look for such traceability sources; secondly, citizens do not know what such traceability sources mean
.
"

Zhengzhou Xinxin Plastic Products Co.
, Ltd.
is also a plastic company in the alliance.
Zhu Baoya, general manager, said that if the source code traceability can be officially promoted, the significance is not only to trace the source of plastic products, but also to the entire industry and even the future.
The development of environmental protection has a good role in promoting
.

The existence of the alliance and the blessing of the source code are more like the establishment of a safe island.
Duan Tongsheng said: "Once the policy document rectifies the source code of the source code, then the enterprises with source code will be proved to have high-quality quality, which also reduces the irregularity of relevant departments.
Pressure to conduct spot checks
.
”

Tracing the source code can also help the industry drive out bad coins
.
Zhu Baoya said that the original implementation logic of the plastic ban was to gradually reduce the coverage of non-degradable plastic products and gradually increase the market share of degradable plastic products
.

However, some unscrupulous enterprises have added non-compliant ingredients to the original degradable materials and appeared on the market pretending to be degradable plastic products
.

"For example, biodegradable plastic bags that fully meet the standards may not be of high use value
.
" Zhu Baoya said that when biodegradable plastic bags first came on the market, citizens generally reflected that they were of poor quality, easy to rot, and had a low load-bearing capacity.
"The lesser of two evils, our purpose of banning plastics is to protect the environment after all
.
"

Once the "third party" pretending to be degradable plastic products appeared, because of its low price, it squeezed the market share of the original degradable plastic products, which made the conscientious enterprises adhering to the concept of environmental protection, but the income dropped sharply
.

"We hope that the whole society can establish a correct understanding
.
" Duan Tongsheng said, "We live on the earth, and we can't just look at the eyes.
The ban on plastics still has a long way to go.
I hope more companies will join the alliance.
, I hope everyone can establish a correct concept of environmental protection!"