11 categories of disposable plastic products are included in the list of banned and restricted plastic products

On November 30, the "Henan Province Provisions on Prohibiting and Restricting Non-degradable Disposable Plastic Products" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") were voted on at the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Provincial People's Congress and will be effective from January 1, 2024. Implementation.

According to the "Regulations", the production, sale, and use of some non-degradable disposable plastic products, such as disposable non-degradable plastic bags, tableware, express packaging, etc., will be prohibited and restricted throughout the province, and a list of prohibited and restricted plastic products will be managed. .

Non-degradable plastic bags, disposable plastic tableware, etc.

11 categories of plastic products will be banned

Article 3 of the "Regulations" clarifies: prohibitions and restrictions on non-degradable disposable plastic products are subject to directory management. The directory includes implementation categories, implementation areas, implementation industries, completion time limits, etc., and is formulated by the provincial government and announced to the public.

Our province has included 11 categories of non-degradable disposable plastic products in the list of banned and restricted plastic products: the production and sale of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags with a thickness less than 0.025 mm, polyethylene agricultural mulch films with a thickness less than 0.01 mm, and disposable foam plastic tableware are prohibited. , disposable plastic cotton swabs, daily chemical products containing plastic microbeads, and plastic products made from medical waste. Shopping malls, supermarkets, bazaars, catering companies, etc. are prohibited from providing non-degradable plastic bags, disposable plastic tableware, disposable Plastic straws, hotel disposables, express plastic packaging and other plastic products. Farmers' markets, shopping malls, warehousing, logistics and other related operators should set signs prohibiting or restricting the use of non-degradable disposable plastic products in prominent locations on their business premises.

"The legislation on plastic ban and restriction does not ban all non-degradable plastic products, but in accordance with the provisions of higher laws and relevant national policies, bans and restrictions are imposed on some non-degradable disposable plastic products that are large in volume and wide in scope and easy to replace." Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee Law Li Zhe, director of the working committee, said, “The legislation on plastic ban and restriction has attracted high social attention. According to the specific situation and actual needs of our province, we have dealt with the four aspects of ban and sparing, industrial cultivation and transformation, production and use, and recyclability and biodegradability. The relationship between aspects runs through the whole legislative process, and there is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach, with sparse first and then prohibition, or a combination of prohibition and sparseness."

In response to the problem of white pollution caused by agricultural mulch films, the "Regulations" also require that agricultural films should be produced and sold in accordance with relevant national standards, and users are not allowed to discard, bury or burn non-biodegradable agricultural film waste at will.

Actively promote alternative products,

Promote the reduction of disposable plastic products

According to the "Regulations", people's governments at or above the county level should formulate policies and measures to support the development of the industry of recyclable, easily recyclable, and degradable alternative materials and products; provide financial funds, tax revenue to alternative material and product production enterprises, and waste plastic recycling enterprises Support in terms of preferential treatment, government procurement, green credit, talent introduction, etc. State agencies, state-owned enterprises and institutions should purchase and use recyclable, easily recyclable, and degradable alternative products, encourage the public to use environmentally friendly cloth bags, paper bags, and other alternative products, and reduce the use of non-degradable disposable plastic products.

"In July this year, the provincial government organized relevant departments to conduct a comprehensive survey of the degradable materials industry in our province. Judging from the survey, the current production of degradable materials in our province has good conditions in Puyang, Zhoukou, Luohe, Hebi, Nanyang and other places. Foundation, it has certain advantages in the fields of upstream basic raw materials, midstream material synthesis and modification, and end products, and has initially formed a relatively complete industrial chain, including Zhoukou Jindan, Jiyuan Hengtong, Puyang Longdu Tianren, Luohe Zhongke New Materials and A number of large-scale enterprises such as Hebi Techuang Biotech can provide good guarantee for the supply of degradable plastic products." The person in charge of the Consumer Goods Industry Division of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology said that the industry and information technology department will take the lead in researching and formulating degradable alternative materials in our province in accordance with the requirements of the "Regulations" Industrial development planning, and further formulate and introduce relevant policies and measures to accelerate the cultivation of biodegradable industries and guide the transformation and upgrading of enterprises.

Illegal production and sales of plastic products on the banned list will be punished in accordance with the law

Anyone who violates the "Regulations" and produces or sells non-degradable plastic products on the prohibited list shall be ordered by the market supervision department to stop production and sales, confiscate the illegal products, and impose a fine; operators use or provide non-degradable plastic products on the prohibited list If found, they will be punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste. The government and relevant departments will establish a mechanism for accepting and handling reports and announce the reporting methods to the public.

"The "Regulations" set up a one-year transition period, during which violations of the "Regulations" will not be punished for the time being." The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Environmental Protection Industry Association suggested that disposable plastic product manufacturers should make good use of the transition period for the implementation of regulations and actively transform. To develop products made of recyclable, easily recyclable, and biodegradable alternative materials, people's congresses, governments and relevant functional departments at all levels must strengthen the publicity and implementation of plastic ban and restriction regulations, and guide the whole society to pay attention to and participate in white pollution control.