Shanghai's "plastic limit" formulation changes: recyclable, easy to recycle, recyclable

China News Service, Shanghai, July 21 (Reporter Chen Jing) The 42nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress voted on the 21st to approve the "Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee on Amending the "Shanghai Environmental Protection Regulations" Decision” (hereinafter referred to as the “Revision Decision”)
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The "Revision Decision", which came into effect on August 1, has a total of 20 articles.
The main contents include: establishing and improving the ecological environment governance system and mechanism, focusing on solving the environmental protection problem of "light pollution", improving the solid waste management system, and improving the digital and intelligent level of environmental governance, Consolidate the responsibility for environmental protection of industrial parks and the prevention and control of noise pollution
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The "Revision Decision" further improves the solid waste management system, and puts forward principle requirements for solid waste reduction, recycling, and harmless disposal.
The management has made clear regulations: prohibit or restrict the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products that are prohibited or restricted by the state and Shanghai, and encourage and guide the green design of plastic products, and promote the application of recyclable, easy-to-recycle, and recyclable alternative products.
, reduce the use of single-use plastic products; if the hazardous waste is recycled, the recycling activities and the products formed shall comply with the relevant regulations and standards of the state and this city
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It is reported that in recent years, the issue of "light pollution" that accompanies the development of urban construction has attracted more and more attention from the society
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In order to effectively prevent and control "light pollution", the "Revision Decision" has added a number of new regulations on the basis of strictly controlling the use of reflective materials on the exterior walls of buildings, including: strengthening source control, road lighting, landscape lighting, etc.
The urban lighting-related planning should clarify the brightness management measures in different regions, and put forward requirements for the lighting effect and light radiation control in different areas; strengthen green lighting, and clarify that the departments of housing construction, greening and city appearance should improve the intelligent urban lighting according to the urban lighting-related planning and energy-saving plans.
Control the network, promote the use of new energy-saving and environmentally friendly lighting technologies and products, and improve the green and low-carbon level of lighting; public security, transportation and other departments should promote the application of low-light and no-light technologies during the construction of monitoring facilities to prevent monitoring and supplementary light Causes glare interference to vehicle drivers and pedestrians
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The "Revision Decision" strengthens residential environmental protection, and clarifies that if lighting sources are installed in residential areas and their surrounding areas, reasonable measures should be taken to control the brightness and illuminance of the light shining on the outer surface of the windows of the residential rooms; For landscape lighting such as light and laser, if it is really necessary to project light and shadow effects in the Bund, North Bund and Little Lujiazui areas, the Shanghai Municipal Greening and City Appearance Administration shall reasonably control the duration of light projection, opening and closing time, and announce to the public; the construction unit If lighting is used for electric welding operations or construction at night, effective measures to shield the light shall be taken to prevent direct sunlight from reaching people's houses
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The "Revision Decision" makes corresponding provisions on the inclusion of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in the overall economic and social development, and the promotion of a comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development; it adds regulations on environmental pollution prevention and control during the epidemic prevention and control period, and clarifies that the people of the city and district Responsibilities for emergency response of the government and relevant departments
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The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment stated that it will further improve the supporting system
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At present, some supporting documents have been issued
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For example, ten departments including the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Shanghai Municipal Implementation Plan on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution"; The policy system document of "1+1+8+13" was issued
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The bureau stated that it will continue to increase law enforcement efforts, coordinate the city's ecological and environmental law enforcement forces, and severely crack down on serious environmental violations such as unlicensed and unlicensed sewage discharge; improve the law enforcement cooperation mechanism with relevant functional departments, and strengthen the law on plastic pollution.
, noise pollution, "light pollution" and other environmental issues around the people, and respond to social concerns in a timely manner
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