For more than a decade, foaming cutlery has played a significant role in ensuring people’s diet health and fast-paced life due to their low cost and good quality. The annual usage volume is as high as 100,000 tons (equivalent to 20 billion meal boxes). The volume of more than 200 million cubic meters. However, due to the fact that consumers are arbitrarily discarded, the recycling process is not timely, and the product itself is decomposed and rotted difficultly, it causes increasingly serious “white pollutionâ€.
In order to effectively control the “white pollution†nationwide, on January 22, 1999, the 6th order of the State Economic and Trade Commission promulgated the requirements for the 114 products to be suspended for production within a specified time or to meet the requirements for compliance. Among them, 58 regulations have been completely banned nationwide since 2001. Disposable foam plastic tableware production, sales and use.
Foamed tableware is banned, it should be said that the development of new environmentally friendly tableware is a good opportunity. However, as the new environmental protection tableware industry has just emerged, the price is higher than the foamed tableware, and the quality is uneven (especially some false environmental products that do not meet the hygiene requirements and degradation requirements of disposable tableware are widely circulated in the market) and Bubble dishware has not been completely banned for a number of reasons, resulting in the reality of tableware promotion that is truly in line with environmental protection requirements.
According to the investigation and research conducted by Beijing Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd. over the past years:
It must be clarified that although the state-level documents prohibiting the use of foamed tableware by law enforcement subjects have been issued no less than four times, there is no clear entity for enforcement of the law in each document. As a result, there has been a confusion in the treatment of foamed tableware. At present, the former State Economic and Trade Commission has been merged into the Ministry of Commerce, and the original documents continue to be valid. It is hoped that the law enforcement agencies will be determined as soon as possible.
Law enforcement efforts must be strengthened. Based on the understanding of users who are still using foam plastic utensils, the reason why they continue to use foam plastic utensils is not that they do not know that foam plastic utensils should be banned, but due to lack of clarity in enforcement or inadequate penalties. , so non-environmental cutlery products are still swaggering, so that consumers are confused, I do not know where to go? At present, Beijing Hyflux Environmental Protection Center has established a joint organization of environmental protection tableware companies in Beijing. Self-discipline, joint industrial and commercial bureaus, technical supervision bureaus, and news media have cracked down on counterfeiting to jointly safeguard the healthy development of the industry. Significant results have been achieved.
The policy of prohibiting foaming tableware must be consistent with the policy of prohibiting foaming tableware throughout the country. It is also an important reason for the prohibition of foaming tableware. For example, the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued a Decree 25 to limit sales in March 1999. The use of plastic bags and disposable plastic tableware requires the reinforcement of recycling, except for the prohibition of the sale and use of disposable foam plastic tableware at the railway stations, coach stations, airports, capital scenic spots (points) and hotels and restaurants. yuan. In addition, the People's Government of the People's Republic of China No. 84, promulgated in June 2000, puts forward the principle of “source control, recycling, gradual ban, and encourage substitution†for the management of disposable plastic lunch boxes. Beijing once relied on more than 60% of the recycling of foaming utensils to effectively solve the pollution and had a strong influence at home and abroad (but due to numerous reasons, it was completely stopped at the end of 2002), while Shanghai and other places continued to recycle foam plastic tableware, In Shanghai, as long as the recycling fees are paid as required, the foamed tableware can continue to be produced. This is to some extent conflicted with the state's policy of completely prohibiting foamed tableware. Therefore, the environmental protection tableware company calls for a ban on foaming tableware policies. Must be unified in order to completely cure the repeated prohibition of foamed tableware.
The standard of environmental protection tableware must be consistent with what is the use of foamed tableware after being disabled? This problem has not been solved very well because there are currently two sets of standards for environmentally friendly tableware. One set is the “General technical condition for disposable degradable tableware GB18006.1-1999†promulgated by the National Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision on November 19, 1999, and the other one is issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration on June 4, 2001. “Technical Requirements for Environmental Labeling Product Certification—Disposable Tableware†(HBC1-2001). These two standards have some differences in terms of product types and indicators. The former is mainly aimed at the formulation of standards for degradable tableware, and it is for non-foaming, Non-degradable but easy to recycle utensils such as polypropylene are not specified, while the latter makes it clear that this type of product can be used (because the world is used), as long as the recovery rate of 75% can get the environmental certification mark. Due to the different requirements of the standards, it caused some confusion for the inspection department, production research institutes and operators, and users. At the same time, it also brought great difficulties to law enforcement agencies. Therefore, related companies strongly urge that the standards for environmental protection tableware urgently need to be consistent.
The production according to the standard has also become a matter of urgency. There are many reasons why foaming utensils have been banned for many times, but one of the main reasons is the poor quality of alternatives. At present, environmental-friendly tableware used in the domestic market is dominated by non-foam plastics and pulp moldings, accounting for about 60%. Some cities such as Dalian and Wuhan have completely banned foam plastic tableware, and some cities and regions, such as More than 80% of Guangdong Province, especially Shenzhen, are still using foam plastic tableware. Since the price of products that truly meet the standards is about twice as high as that of foam plastic tableware, it really brings certain difficulties for promotion and application. A large number of foamed tableware products are filled with a large amount of filler materials and even recycled waste plastic (about 2,000 yuan per ton, and good raw materials are about 7,000 yuan per ton), so the product price (about 400ML fast food box as an example, the general factory price Below a dime, it is much lower than the price of a product that meets the requirements (usually more than one in five). Therefore, this type of product is widely used in the market. In the long term, it will seriously affect the real environmental protection tableware production enterprises and the industry.
Integrated management must act in a unified manner According to the Beijing Environmental Protection Tableware Alliance organization's experience in the “white pollution†governance over the years, relevant departments of industry and commerce and technology supervision and other relevant departments at present should intensify efforts as soon as possible to continue cracking down on foamed plastic tableware while counterfeiting environmental protection. Tableware production companies and sales personnel should investigate and impose heavy penalties as soon as possible, and at the same time expose unqualified products and their manufacturers through the news media, and environmental protection tableware manufacturers should strictly and consciously organize production in accordance with relevant standards to protect consumers. Physical health and the effective solution of "white pollution" make unremitting efforts!
In order to effectively control the “white pollution†nationwide, on January 22, 1999, the 6th order of the State Economic and Trade Commission promulgated the requirements for the 114 products to be suspended for production within a specified time or to meet the requirements for compliance. Among them, 58 regulations have been completely banned nationwide since 2001. Disposable foam plastic tableware production, sales and use.
Foamed tableware is banned, it should be said that the development of new environmentally friendly tableware is a good opportunity. However, as the new environmental protection tableware industry has just emerged, the price is higher than the foamed tableware, and the quality is uneven (especially some false environmental products that do not meet the hygiene requirements and degradation requirements of disposable tableware are widely circulated in the market) and Bubble dishware has not been completely banned for a number of reasons, resulting in the reality of tableware promotion that is truly in line with environmental protection requirements.
According to the investigation and research conducted by Beijing Environmental Protection Tableware Co., Ltd. over the past years:
It must be clarified that although the state-level documents prohibiting the use of foamed tableware by law enforcement subjects have been issued no less than four times, there is no clear entity for enforcement of the law in each document. As a result, there has been a confusion in the treatment of foamed tableware. At present, the former State Economic and Trade Commission has been merged into the Ministry of Commerce, and the original documents continue to be valid. It is hoped that the law enforcement agencies will be determined as soon as possible.
Law enforcement efforts must be strengthened. Based on the understanding of users who are still using foam plastic utensils, the reason why they continue to use foam plastic utensils is not that they do not know that foam plastic utensils should be banned, but due to lack of clarity in enforcement or inadequate penalties. , so non-environmental cutlery products are still swaggering, so that consumers are confused, I do not know where to go? At present, Beijing Hyflux Environmental Protection Center has established a joint organization of environmental protection tableware companies in Beijing. Self-discipline, joint industrial and commercial bureaus, technical supervision bureaus, and news media have cracked down on counterfeiting to jointly safeguard the healthy development of the industry. Significant results have been achieved.
The policy of prohibiting foaming tableware must be consistent with the policy of prohibiting foaming tableware throughout the country. It is also an important reason for the prohibition of foaming tableware. For example, the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued a Decree 25 to limit sales in March 1999. The use of plastic bags and disposable plastic tableware requires the reinforcement of recycling, except for the prohibition of the sale and use of disposable foam plastic tableware at the railway stations, coach stations, airports, capital scenic spots (points) and hotels and restaurants. yuan. In addition, the People's Government of the People's Republic of China No. 84, promulgated in June 2000, puts forward the principle of “source control, recycling, gradual ban, and encourage substitution†for the management of disposable plastic lunch boxes. Beijing once relied on more than 60% of the recycling of foaming utensils to effectively solve the pollution and had a strong influence at home and abroad (but due to numerous reasons, it was completely stopped at the end of 2002), while Shanghai and other places continued to recycle foam plastic tableware, In Shanghai, as long as the recycling fees are paid as required, the foamed tableware can continue to be produced. This is to some extent conflicted with the state's policy of completely prohibiting foamed tableware. Therefore, the environmental protection tableware company calls for a ban on foaming tableware policies. Must be unified in order to completely cure the repeated prohibition of foamed tableware.
The standard of environmental protection tableware must be consistent with what is the use of foamed tableware after being disabled? This problem has not been solved very well because there are currently two sets of standards for environmentally friendly tableware. One set is the “General technical condition for disposable degradable tableware GB18006.1-1999†promulgated by the National Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision on November 19, 1999, and the other one is issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration on June 4, 2001. “Technical Requirements for Environmental Labeling Product Certification—Disposable Tableware†(HBC1-2001). These two standards have some differences in terms of product types and indicators. The former is mainly aimed at the formulation of standards for degradable tableware, and it is for non-foaming, Non-degradable but easy to recycle utensils such as polypropylene are not specified, while the latter makes it clear that this type of product can be used (because the world is used), as long as the recovery rate of 75% can get the environmental certification mark. Due to the different requirements of the standards, it caused some confusion for the inspection department, production research institutes and operators, and users. At the same time, it also brought great difficulties to law enforcement agencies. Therefore, related companies strongly urge that the standards for environmental protection tableware urgently need to be consistent.
The production according to the standard has also become a matter of urgency. There are many reasons why foaming utensils have been banned for many times, but one of the main reasons is the poor quality of alternatives. At present, environmental-friendly tableware used in the domestic market is dominated by non-foam plastics and pulp moldings, accounting for about 60%. Some cities such as Dalian and Wuhan have completely banned foam plastic tableware, and some cities and regions, such as More than 80% of Guangdong Province, especially Shenzhen, are still using foam plastic tableware. Since the price of products that truly meet the standards is about twice as high as that of foam plastic tableware, it really brings certain difficulties for promotion and application. A large number of foamed tableware products are filled with a large amount of filler materials and even recycled waste plastic (about 2,000 yuan per ton, and good raw materials are about 7,000 yuan per ton), so the product price (about 400ML fast food box as an example, the general factory price Below a dime, it is much lower than the price of a product that meets the requirements (usually more than one in five). Therefore, this type of product is widely used in the market. In the long term, it will seriously affect the real environmental protection tableware production enterprises and the industry.
Integrated management must act in a unified manner According to the Beijing Environmental Protection Tableware Alliance organization's experience in the “white pollution†governance over the years, relevant departments of industry and commerce and technology supervision and other relevant departments at present should intensify efforts as soon as possible to continue cracking down on foamed plastic tableware while counterfeiting environmental protection. Tableware production companies and sales personnel should investigate and impose heavy penalties as soon as possible, and at the same time expose unqualified products and their manufacturers through the news media, and environmental protection tableware manufacturers should strictly and consciously organize production in accordance with relevant standards to protect consumers. Physical health and the effective solution of "white pollution" make unremitting efforts!