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No more plastic bags and single-use straws in Tianjin
Published on: 2020-12-01
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Restaurants, e-commerce platforms and delivery firms will be forced to report their utilisation of single-use plastics to the authorities and also submit formal recycling plans, China’s commerce ministry said in proposals published on Monday.

The Ministry of Commerce said it had established a nationwide system for retailers to report their plastic consumption as part of trial scheme to encourage recycling.

Food delivery drivers pick up their parcels at a makeshift lunch hour distribution spot outside an office building

Plastic pollution has become one of China’s biggest challenges, with vast amounts buried in landfills or dumped in rivers. The rise in home food deliveries has also caused volumes to surge.

Tianjin said single-use plastic bags and eating utensils would be banned by the end of the year, while single-use straws would be banned nationwide.

Wang Wang, chairman of the China Scrap Plastic Association, said the bans would “only resolve the most visible types of plastic pollution” and were just one part of the country’s efforts to tackle waste.

From September, China has also prohibited some types of agricultural-use plastic film used to keep crops warm and moist. Chinese farmers use around 1.5 million tonnes a year, but it leaves residues that damage the soil.

A new “solid waste law” also came into effect in September, raising fines tenfold for those who break rules and mandating the construction of new recycling infrastructure.

Though there have been complaints China is moving too fast, Wang said the business impact of the measures would be limited, with firms aware in advance that some products would be banned.

China produced 63 million tonnes of plastic in 2019, with a recycling rate of around 30%. It produces around 20 million tonnes of single-use non-biodegradable material annually, including 3 million tonnes of shopping bags.

天津餐饮行业将禁用一次性塑料吸管

按照本市最新规定,餐饮行业将不允许使用不可降解的一次性塑料吸管。日前本市发布的《市生态环境局市发展改革委关于印发天津市进一步加强塑料污染治理工作实施方案的通知》,对全市餐饮行业使用一次性塑料餐具颁布了新规。

这份通知中明确提出,到2020年底,全市餐饮行业禁止使用不可降解一次性塑料吸管;全市建成区、景区景点的餐饮堂食服务,禁止使用不可降解一次性塑料餐具。到2025年,全市餐饮外卖领域不可降解一次性塑料餐具消耗强度下降30%。同时明确推广应用替代产品,在餐饮外卖领域推广使用符合性能和食品安全要求的秸秆覆膜餐盒等生物基产品、可降解塑料袋等替代产品。

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