Exploring the difficulties of Beijing plastic limit


　　Supermarkets with roll-up bags and take-out lunch boxes have become the "hardest hit"

　　Intern reporter Lu Yang Yang Tianyue

　　On the 10th, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and other departments announced the "Beijing Plastic Pollution Control Action Plan (2020-2025) (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)", which means that a stricter plastic restriction order is about to land in Beijing.

After years of treatment, the "white pollution" around the citizens is still a headache.

The reporter visited yesterday and found that the unlimited roll-up bags in the supermarket, the take-out meal boxes that have nowhere to be recycled, and the sales of fruit and vegetable boxes forced by the merchants are all common plastic products around the people, and they are also the current difficulties in plastic restrictions.

　　The supermarket can buy 7 vegetables in a roll bag

　　At 9 o'clock in the morning, the reporter walked into the underground supermarket of Songjiazhuang Shopping Center, the first open Fumao. At the cashier, each consumer in the team had several transparent roll-up bags wrapped in different products in their shopping carts.

"My home is nearby, and I will come to buy food every day. I use about 5 plastic bags at a time," said Aunt Huang in the team.

　　Look carefully at the products in Aunt Huang's shopping cart. Green peppers, lettuce, carrots, two garlics, and a piece of pork belly. Each product is packed in a rolling bag.

Aunt Huang also tore an extra roll bag and put a few small bags that had already been filled with goods together, and added another bag to wrap the outer layer of the meat roll bag.

In this way, Aunt Huang shared 7 continuous roll bags when buying vegetables.

　　Since supermarkets charge for plastic shopping bags, this free roll-to-roll bag has become a new favorite of many people, and many people just tear it off.

Aunt Huang replaced the shopping bags charged by the supermarket cashier with free roll-on bags, in order to save a few dollars.

　　A staff member of the supermarket told reporters that the vegetable and fruit area alone would have to use more than 50 rolls a day with two palm-wide roll bags.

　　Fruit and vegetable essence packaging one corn wrapped in two layers

　　A piece of corn is encapsulated by a transparent film and a layer of plastic; a dragon fruit is covered with a sponge net cover, and there is a plastic board underneath it, and finally wrapped by a plastic wrap; even a piece of ginger is cushioned with a foam The board is wrapped with a piece of plastic wrap... This is what the reporter saw when visiting many supermarkets.

　　In a retail supermarket on Fangzhuang South Road, individually packaged corns are stacked on the shelves. Each corn is vacuum-packed and then put into a beautifully designed packaging bag.

　　The packaging of the fruit area in the supermarket is more "luxury" than the vegetables. The three-piece plastic tray, sponge net cover, and plastic wrap are indispensable, and many of them are individually packaged.

Ms. Bai, who came to buy fruits, took a box of strawberries wrapped in a "three-piece suit" and said: "Buy some fruit, and you will be able to unpack a bunch of packages when you go home. Look at this strawberry, there are only a dozen in a box. , There are two sponge pads inside, plus two layers of outer packaging."

　　4 kinds of takeaway plastic products to throw in a meal

　　Take-out is also the "hardest hit area" where plastic is flooded. In addition to plastic bags, plastic lunch boxes, plastic wrap, and disposable plastic spoons are also common plastic products in take-outs.

　　In order to ensure the best taste of noodles, rice bowls and other foods, many businesses also pack staple foods, soups, and dishes separately in boxes, and plastic lunch boxes are used more and more.

But are these plastic lunch boxes degradable?

Is it recyclable?

Many consumers don't know it, so they have to throw all the lunch boxes with food waste into the "other trash" bin.

　　In order to ensure that the soup is not spilled during the delivery process, many businesses will also add a layer of plastic wrap on the lid of the plastic lunch box containing the soup, congee, noodles, but many diners have found that this "smart way" has not spilled over. Risky businesses have all learned, and the more plastic wrap is used.

　　The plastic spoons in the takeaway disposable tableware are also prone to waste.

In order to make the takeaway look more "tall", many businesses have replaced the disposable bamboo chopsticks that used to be simply packaged with a tableware set containing table chopsticks, plastic table spoons and paper towels.

However, after inquiring about it, the reporter found that most consumers usually only use table chopsticks when eating takeout, and the disposable plastic table spoon in the set is often thrown away for nothing.

　　Although many consumers are willing to "sacrifice" a little convenience for environmental protection, some businesses still fail to cooperate well.

"I have ordered three takeaways in a row in the past few days, and every time I chose no cutlery, but the meal was delivered." Ms. Liu said.