Speeding up the treatment of white pollution, Henan introduced a plan to ban disposable plastic products by stages
Dahe Net News (government reporter Liu Gaoya) has set a task book and timetable for controlling white pollution in Henan. On June 3rd, Dahe. com reporter learned from the Development and Reform Commission of Henan Province that the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the Action Plan for Accelerating White Pollution Control and Promoting Beautiful Henan Construction on June 2nd (hereinafter referred to as the Action Plan).
According to the Action Plan, before the end of 2020, our province will take the lead in prohibiting and restricting the production, sale and use of some plastic products in the urban built-up areas of four pilot cities, including Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Puyang and Xuchang. Before the end of 2022, the production, sale and use of some plastic products will be prohibited and restricted in the cities under the jurisdiction of provinces, Jiyuan Demonstration Zone and the built-up areas of counties (cities) directly under the jurisdiction of provinces. At the same time, the "Action Plan" encourages large supermarkets, shopping malls and other ways to accelerate the promotion and use of non-plastic products and degradable plastic substitute products such as environmental protection cloth bags and paper bags.
"The Action Plan of our province is a detailed measure to implement the national opinions on plastic pollution control, and it is an important measure to fight the battle against pollution and build a beautiful Henan," said He Xiong, Party Secretary and Director of Henan Development and Reform Commission.
Objective: Carry out pilot projects in four cities, including Zhengzhou and Luoyang, and gradually promote them.
The Action Plan comprehensively considers the actual situation in all parts of the province, selects four representative cities with good basic conditions, such as Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Puyang and Xuchang, to carry out pilot demonstrations, actively explores the control mode of plastic products, and gradually extends it to cities and counties.
Taking 2020 and 2022 as the time nodes, the objectives and tasks of four pilot cities, provincial cities and Jiyuan demonstration area, and counties (cities) directly under the jurisdiction of the province were put forward, and the use of disposable plastic products in the province was greatly reduced and plastic pollution was effectively controlled by 2025.
According to the plan, before the end of 2020, our province will take the lead in prohibiting and restricting the production, sale and use of some plastic products in urban built-up areas of four pilot cities, including Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Puyang and Xuchang.
Before the end of 2022, the production, sale and use of some plastic products will be prohibited and restricted in the cities under the jurisdiction of provinces, Jiyuan Demonstration Zone and the built-up areas of counties (cities) directly under the jurisdiction of provinces; Replacing products with recyclable and degradable plastics have begun to take shape, forming a batch of plastic reduction and green logistics models that can be replicated and popularized, and the proportion of plastic waste resource utilization has been greatly improved.
Before the end of 2025, the production, sale and use of some plastic products will be banned and restricted in the built-up areas of cities above the county level in the province, the use of disposable plastic products will be greatly reduced, recyclable and degradable substitute products will be widely used, and plastic pollution will be effectively controlled.
Task: Focus on the prohibition of disposable plastic products.
The "Action Plan" adheres to the principle of "strengthening source control and implementing control by classification", and stipulates that the production and sale of a number of plastic products are prohibited throughout the province, including disposable plastic products such as ultra-thin plastic bags, ultra-thin polyethylene agricultural mulch films, disposable foamed plastic tableware and disposable plastic cotton swabs. It is forbidden to import "foreign garbage" such as waste plastics or to manufacture plastic products with medical wastes as raw materials to protect people’s health and safety; Gradually prohibit the sale of daily chemical products such as toothpaste and shower gel containing plastic beads to prevent "invisible" white pollution.
At the same time, we should make overall consideration of the adaptation process of the transformation and development of related industries and the change of residents’ consumption patterns, and gradually ban or restrict the use of non-degradable plastic bags, disposable plastic products, express plastic packaging and ultra-thin polyethylene agricultural plastic film in the fields of commodity retail, exhibitions, catering, e-commerce express delivery and agricultural plastic film, so as to promote the reduction of plastic products and reduce environmental pollution.
Mode: actively promote the application of alternative products and modes.
With the implementation of restrictions on plastic products in various places and fields, the demand for recyclable, easy-to-recycle and degradable alternative materials and products will increase rapidly, which has great market potential.
The "Action Plan" encourages large supermarkets, shopping malls and other ways to accelerate the promotion and use of non-plastic products such as environmental protection cloth bags and paper bags and degradable plastic substitute products; Promote supermarkets, e-commerce, express delivery and other enterprises to implement integrated packaging of goods and logistics to improve recycling and recovery rate; Guide the transformation, upgrading and development of enterprises in the traditional plastic industry, implement green design and supply plastic products that meet relevant standards.
The "Action Plan" proposes to support Puyang, Zhoukou and other places to carry out technology research and development based on the industrial advantages of bio-based degradable materials and related products, extend the industrial chain, provide consumers with green products such as degradable garbage bags, shopping bags, lunch boxes and agricultural plastic films, and ensure the convenience of residents’ daily lives.
Measures: standardize the recycling of plastic waste.
Standardizing the classified recovery, resource utilization and harmless disposal of plastic waste is an important means to reduce the stock of plastic waste and reduce environmental risks.
The "Action Plan" proposes that, in combination with the implementation of garbage sorting, facilities should be added in places where plastic waste is produced in large quantities, such as office buildings, airports, stations, ports and docks, so as to increase the frequency of removal and standardize the recovery and removal of plastic waste; Focus on the urban-rural junction, environmentally sensitive areas, roads and rivers, pits and ditches to carry out special cleaning of plastic waste, and put an end to random stacking and dumping of plastic waste; Accelerate the construction of venous industrial park, encourage enterprises and projects for recycling waste plastics to settle in, and promote the cluster development of plastic waste recycling industry.
Publicity: Advocating green and environment-friendly consumption patterns.
Plastic products are widely used in all aspects of people’s daily life. While providing great convenience, excessive use is likely to cause white pollution. We must strengthen publicity and guidance, adhere to the priority of saving, and guide consumers to reduce the use of plastic products.
According to the requirements of the Action Plan, all relevant departments in various localities will organize publicity activities such as "controlling white pollution and protecting beautiful homes", and carry out various activities such as demonstration and guidance of public institutions, media publicity, voluntary service, prize-winning contests, and the concept of green and low-carbon life entering communities and campuses, vigorously publicize the concept of green environmental protection and the common sense of green life, strengthen the publicity of policies and requirements prohibiting plastics, create a good public opinion atmosphere, guide the whole society to pay attention to and participate in the control of white pollution, and reduce the use of plastics.
Security: administrative management and market guidance take multiple measures simultaneously.
White pollution control involves a wide range of fields and many subjects, so it is necessary to adhere to the combination of law enforcement supervision and industry self-discipline, and accelerate the construction of a pluralistic co-governance system involving the government, enterprises, industry organizations and the public.
The "Action Plan" puts forward a series of measures: in terms of improving the laws and regulations, through the formulation (revision) of relevant local laws and regulations, there are laws to follow; In the construction of credit system, explore the illegal production, sale and use of plastic products into the record of dishonesty and carry out punishment; In the aspect of law enforcement and supervision, we will implement comprehensive law enforcement on ecological environmental protection, strengthen assessment and accountability, and incorporate key issues of white pollution control into provincial ecological environmental protection inspectors; In terms of industry self-discipline, give full play to the role of relevant industry associations and guide plastic products enterprises to accelerate transformation, upgrading and development.
He Xiong said, "In the next step, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission will fully implement the work arrangements of the provincial party committee and government, establish a work coordination mechanism with relevant units, strengthen overall coordination, guide all localities to do a good job in white pollution control, complete the objectives and tasks of the Action Plan on time, effectively control white pollution, and improve the level of ecological civilization in urban and rural areas of the province."
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