Chinanews.com Haikou, August 1st (Reporter Wang Ziqian) Since August 1st, Hainan, party and government agencies at all levels, public institutions, large state-owned enterprises and other units canteens, major tourist attractions, large supermarkets, large shopping malls, schools , Hospitals and other industries and places have entered the "plastic ban" pilot implementation stage. From December, Hainan Province will ban plastics completely.
The reporter learned from the Hainan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment on the 1st that after the ban on plastics began, the production, sales and use of the above-mentioned industries and places are prohibited from being included in the "List of Prohibited Production and Sale of Disposable Non-degradable Plastic Products in Hainan Province (First Batch)" Plastic film bags, tableware and other 2 categories and 8 categories of disposable non-degradable plastic products.
The Hainan pilot ban on plastics is divided into three stages: preparation, implementation, and evaluation. Among them, April-July this year is the preparation stage, August-November is the implementation stage, and December is the evaluation stage. It is reported that in the first half of this year, some pilot units have already started banning plastics in advance, gradually using substitutes.
As of June 30, a total of 4 companies in the province have formed a production capacity of about 12,100 tons of fully biodegradable plastic film bags per year. By the end of the year, 6 companies will have a production capacity of about 32,000 fully biodegradable plastic film bags. Tons/year. In terms of tableware products, starting from August, six enterprises in the province will gradually form part of the production capacity of fully biodegradable tableware. By the end of the year, it is expected to form an alternative capacity of about 11,000 tons of tableware per year.
The reporter saw in a supermarket in Haikou City today that the supermarket has begun to provide consumers with fully biodegradable film bags. Compared with traditional plastic bags, the new bags feel softer and have little difference in weight.
At present, the Hainan Province plastic ban work management platform has begun to operate. The information of all biodegradable plastic products manufacturers and product information entering the market is included in the platform management to achieve the traceability of the entire process and promote the informatization of market supervision and law enforcement. At present, 63 companies have registered on the platform, 29 types of products have completed the filing procedures, 18 products are using electronic supervision codes, and the system has recorded 209 pieces of electronic supervision code scanning verification information.
"Prohibition of plastics" is one of the 12 pilot projects in the construction of Hainan Free Trade Zone (Hong Kong). The province's annual consumption of disposable plastic bags is about 40,000 tons, and disposable plastic tableware is about 25,000 tons, for a total of about 65,000 tons. On July 31, the Office of the Leading Group for the Prohibition of the Production and Sale of Disposable Non-degradable Plastic Products in Hainan Province issued a "Prohibition of Plastics" Action Proposal, advocating everyone to enhance the awareness of "Prohibition of Plastics" and strive to be the disseminators of ecological civilization; Respond to the "plastic ban" and strive to be a practitioner of the ban on plastics; care for environmental sanitation and strive to be a protector of a green ecological environment. (Finish)