The "14th Five-Year Plan" Plastic Pollution Control Plan is released!

[The "14th Five-Year" plastic pollution control action plan is released! Degradable plastics welcome policy benefits] Today, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" Plastic Pollution Control Action Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), which will sound white pollution (plastics Pollution) Charge for remediation
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Today, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan of Action for Plastic Pollution Control" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), sounding the charge for the remediation of white pollution (plastic pollution) in the next five years
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The biodegradable plastics sector ushered in big gains
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The document also proposes to "fight against counterfeiting" in the biodegradable plastics industry, and strictly investigate and punish the degradable plastics' false labels and fake labels, which will undoubtedly benefit those "genuine products at a fair price"
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The "Plan" requires that we actively promote the reduction of plastic production and use at the source, scientifically and steadily promote plastic alternative products, and accelerate the promotion of standardized recycling of plastic waste
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The main goal is to effectively curb white pollution by 2025
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Actively promote plastic production and use source reduction

The "Plan" proposes to actively promote the green design of plastic products, reduce the complexity of product material design, and enhance the ease of recycling of plastic products
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At the same time, continue to promote the use and reduction of disposable plastic products, formulate the "Management Measures for the Use and Reporting of Disposable Plastic Products", establish and improve the reporting system for the use and recycling of disposable plastic products, and supervise and guide retail, e-commerce, catering, accommodation, etc.
Operators implement their main responsibilities, and urge and guide e-commerce, takeaway and other platform companies and express companies to formulate rules for the reduction of disposable plastic products
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　　In addition, the "Plan" proposes to publish a recommended catalog of green packaging products, promote the integration of products and express packaging, promote direct delivery of e-commerce express mail, and greatly reduce the secondary packaging of e-commerce products in the delivery process; carry out large-scale recyclable express packaging Pilot applications; speed up the implementation of the certification system for express packaging green products; play a role model of public institutions, explore and carry out pilot projects of direct drinking water purifiers instead of plastic bottled water in reception and training places affiliated to the agencies
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　　Scientifically and steadily promote plastic substitute products

　　The "Plan" requires that the full life cycle resource and environmental impact of various alternative products such as bamboo and wood products, paper products, and degradable plastic products should be fully considered, and the quality and food safety standards of related products should be improved
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　　Among them, it is proposed to carry out research on the degradation mechanism and effects of different types of degradable plastics, and scientifically evaluate their environmental safety and controllability
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　　At the same time, the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission also stated that it is necessary to "increase the construction of degradable plastics testing capabilities, strictly investigate and deal with degradable plastics false labels, fake labels, etc.
, and standardize the order of the industry
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　　Biodegradable plastics usher in great benefits

　　The "plan" is officially "launched", which is a great benefit to the degradable plastics industry
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　　The reporter noticed that in the work program of "Scientific and Safe Promotion of Plastic Alternative Products", the importance of "degradable plastics" was mentioned 5 times
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　　In fact, after the introduction of the "plastic ban" in 2020, the market for biodegradable plastics as a substitute for traditional plastics has grown substantially
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Industry insiders predict that the biodegradable plastics market during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.
3% and will achieve a revenue scale of more than 50 billion yuan by 2025
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　　The Beijing Capital Securities Research Report believes that the degradable plastic company has entered a performance cashing period
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According to estimates, the total effective production capacity of domestic biodegradable plastics is only about 250,000 tons, and the corresponding biodegradable plastics market has a huge gap by 2025, which is a typical blue ocean market
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In addition, judging from the published semi-annual report and other data, over 70% of biodegradable plastic concept stocks are expected to have a good first half of the year
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