[Plastic] Zhejiang's new plastic ban has been implemented for 3 months, supermarkets have implemented better, and takeaway services have been poor

Zhejiang Province, "further strengthen plastics implementation of pollution control measures" (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules"), to ban, restrict the production, sale and use of some plastic products.

The use rate of non-degradable plastic products is still high

In order to truly grasp the implementation of the province's plastic ban, the Zhejiang Consumer Rights Protection Committee (hereinafter referred to as Zhejiang Consumer Protection Committee) organized consumer rights protection volunteers to carry out special consumption evaluations across the province.

The consumption evaluation was conducted on the use of non-degradable plastic bags, disposable plastic tableware and the provision of disposable plastic products.

Experience found that 139 of 310 shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores, farmer’s markets, and takeaway companies still use non-degradable plastic bags, accounting for 44.

Many businesses have deviations in the concept of degradable plastic bags.

The experience also found that 31 of the 109 tea shops in the province are still using non-degradable disposable plastic straws, such as Lujiaoxiang Chaowang Road Store in Hangzhou, Micha Xixi Impression City Store, Ningbo Atomic Coffee and Tea Baidao Kaiming Street store, Jiaxing’s tea is indeed fortunate Yaohan store, milk cover tribute tea ARTEVSG Yaohan store are all listed here; 39 out of 259 catering companies use non-degradable disposable plastic tableware (not including plastic straws) , Accounting for 15.

In terms of the provision of disposable plastic products, the experience found that 57 out of 141 star-rated hotels and hotels did not actively provide disposable plastic products, accounting for 40.

Acceptance of alternative products needs to be improved

In order to find the reasons for the high utilization rate of non-degradable plastic products, the Zhejiang Consumer Protection Commission used physical questionnaires to conduct consumer surveys.

The questionnaire survey shows that more consumers have not yet developed good consumption habits.

In addition, although 83.

At the same time, the survey showed that the acceptance of substitutes under the new plastic ban is generally not high, and consumers lack understanding of the performance of biodegradable plastic bags.

In addition, degradable materials significantly increase operating costs.

(Keyword: Zhejiang Plastics)