Green tableware support

Foam plastic dishware is a big hazard In our daily life, "white pollution" is not a new term. "White pollution" sources of pollution, in addition to all kinds of plastic bags, disposable foam plastic tableware. People who use this lunch box often may not think that the annual use of disposable tableware in China exceeds 10 billion!
When we were full and we threw away used disposable foam plastic tableware, we wouldn’t even think: Such tableware will bring us many kinds of “side effects” while it is convenient for us: In the production process, a large amount of foaming agents that are ozone-depleting substances are consumed, thereby endangering the umbrella of the earth—the ozone layer; under the action of newly-discharged dishes and rice, the tableware will produce a variety of harmful substances and endanger human health; Foam plastic tableware produces carcinogenic dioxins when it is incinerated with garbage, and it takes 200 years to bury it in landfills before it can be degraded.
The hazard of disposable foam plastic tableware is not limited to these. Those who have visited Gezhouba may not ignore the white trash mountains that have accumulated in front of the dam. Among them are tens of thousands of plastic tableware. These white litters, such as lunch boxes and plastic bags that run down the river from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, not only hinder the outlook, but also cause a drop in the water level and impede normal power generation. What's more, white waste enters the turbine and causes it. Blade erosion, so that the power station "life insurance." In order to eliminate white pollution, Gezhouba Power Station needs to invest millions of dollars each year to clean up, and it is hard to prevent. After the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the problem of rubbish, including plastic tableware, has surfaced.
In order to control white pollution, the former State Economic and Trade Commission has, since January 1999, issued three documents to prohibit the production, sale, and use of disposable foam plastic tableware. What can be the result? According to a survey conducted by Beijing Hyflux Environmental Technology Development Center, disposable foam plastic lunch boxes still occupy 30% to 40% of the market in Beijing. The situation in other places is more serious: the usage rate of disposable foam plastic lunch boxes in street food stalls in Jinan City is almost 100%; the market usage rate in Guangzhou and Urumqi is 95%...
Environmental protection tableware is more difficult to replace the environmental pollution of plastic foam tableware, environmental protection tableware came into being. The so-called environmental protection tableware is tableware made from materials such as pulp, cardboard, edible powder, and plant fibers. It is called green tableware because they can be quickly degraded, easy to recycle, and do not produce white pollution.
In 1996, with the Ministry of Railways banned the use of foamed plastic tableware at railway stations, environmentally-friendly tableware was regarded as a sunrise industry. The nationwide environmental protection tableware company quickly grew to nearly 1,000, and only over 100 paper-making companies reached more than 100. However, over the past few years, most environmental protection tableware companies have been on the verge of bankruptcy. Beijing Lvzhoufeng Paper Product Factory invested more than 4.8 million yuan in 1996 to purchase equipment for Nissan’s production of 100,000 lunch boxes, but its actual annual output has only remained at around 400,000-500,000 during the seven years since its establishment; The 3 units are idle for a long time and the enterprises have lost money every year. Now they have to rely on the rental of factories to survive. According to rough statistics, at present, two-thirds of China's environmental protection tableware companies are in the state of suspend production or semi-discontinued production, of which 90% of paper meal boxes enterprises are on the verge of bankruptcy.
Why Chaoyang industry quickly became a sunset industry? The high price is an important reason. Due to the production of raw materials and processes, the cost of foam plastic lunch boxes is only 7-8 cents each, while the cost of environmental protection tableware is the lowest in more than 1 cent 5 cents, and the cost of pulp molded tableware is more than 3 cents. The price difference is 1 to 4 times.
However, people in the industry pointed out that the most fundamental problem is that the country lacks relevant policy support and measures to control non-environmental tableware are weak. First, the policy is not supporting. At present, the country has not yet established preferential policies for supporting environmental protection tableware companies. This has greatly affected the viability and price level of environmental protection tableware; second, it lacks control measures for the production and sale of non-environmental tableware. At present, there are no laws and regulations on restricting the production, use, and sales of non-environmental tableware, and lack of sanctions against illegal production companies. Third, the unified supervision and management mechanism has not yet been established, and production and sales are managed by two departments, which may easily lead to disconnections. At the same time, the phenomenon of lax enforcement in the market is also widespread; Fourth, there is a phenomenon that some localities have not resolutely or changed their attitude in implementing national policies, and encouraged the existence of illegal enterprises.
Under the combined effect of the above factors, not only foam plastic tableware is popular, but also inferior tableware under the banner of environmental protection is flooded into the market. Taking Beijing as an example, in recent years, there have been a large number of pseudo-environmental tableware printed on the packaging box or product with environmentally friendly cutlery logos. These products contain a large amount of inorganic mineral fillers, and are mainly extruded directly from a single layer in the process. As a result, the acetic acid residue is exceeding the standard and is more harmful to human health. According to reports, at present more than 20 production lines in more than 10 illegal companies in Beijing are producing such dishes; many unlicensed products are also sold in Beijing in Zhangzhou, Langfang, and Yongqing in Hebei, and similar production lines across the country are more difficult to count. .
How can the environmental protection tableware be able to make our country's environmental protection tableware enterprises come back to life, and curb the proliferation of disposable foam plastic tableware? The relevant person of the State Environmental Protection Administration pointed out that relevant departments should make early determinations and take resolute measures to tackle chronic diseases.
The first is to formulate laws and regulations that restrict the production, sale, and use of disposable non-environmental tableware as soon as possible, or to increase the unified standards in the "Solid Waste Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Law," clarify the penalty, and provide law enforcement agencies with a strong operability law. in accordance with;
The second is to increase the environmental protection tableware market law enforcement inspections, banned, closed down unqualified production companies, blocking the supply of poor quality products, standardize the market, and provide market space for environmental protection tableware;
The third is to formulate practical and feasible protective measures to support and protect environmental protection tableware companies. For example, for the environmental protection tableware production enterprises to reduce certain taxes and fees, to ensure its survival and development;
The fourth is to strengthen environmental protection tableware research, reduce costs, improve quality and enhance product competitiveness. The news media regularly publishes qualified environmental protection tableware companies and product directories, raises the awareness of environmental protection tableware companies, exposes counterfeit products and production companies, and enhances the concept of consumer science consumption.
Practice has proved that whether environmental protection tableware can occupy the market can not be separated from the full support of consumers. Readers who advocating green consumption are your choice between plastic cutlery and environmentally friendly cutlery.