Jiangsu introduces new regulations - sending non-green plastic bags will be punished

In our lives, we go to the market to buy food. The stall owner uses the free ultra-thin plastic bags for food. When I go out to eat, the restaurant provides disposable chopsticks and spoons. But in the future, the practice of restaurants and food courts will Was punished. A few days ago, the "Regulations on the Promotion of Circular Economy in Jiangsu Province (Draft)" was submitted to the 16th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th Provincial People's Congress for deliberation. It is mentioned that after one year of implementation of this Regulation, catering operators should provide chopsticks and degradable plastic tableware for recycling; supermarkets, shopping malls and other retail outlets of goods should not be sold, free of charge or disguised to provide non-degradable plastic shopping bags. This behavior effectively limits the outflow of plastic bags.

Food courts and small restaurants are the main places for free plastic bags.

One stall owner said helplessly, "There are not many buyers who are accustomed to bringing their own baskets and bags. If they don't provide plastic bags, or suddenly charge, many people don't understand, or they don't want to buy them." Account: Wholesale 50 small plastic bags total 1.5 yuan, 50 large plastic bags will also be 4.5 yuan, the cost per day is a few dollars. So they feel that it is ok to give consumers a plastic bag for free.

Not only the vegetable market, but also many small restaurants offer plastic bags for free.

However, contrary to the farmer's market and small restaurants, the “plastic limit order” provides more profitable space for supermarkets, medium and high-end restaurants. Because many people will need a plastic bag at checkout, which brings benefits to the merchant.

Although many supermarkets offer plastic bags with the words "To protect the environment, please use it multiple times, and recommend recycling and reuse after disposal", but industry insiders say that most of these are non-degradable plastic bags, their Most of the ingredients are “PE-HD”. “The price of degradable plastic bags will be relatively high. Most consumers are not willing to pay the bills.” Therefore, the government will impose a policy of sending non-environmental plastic bags, and only severe punishment can be solved slowly. this problem.