China unveils measures to further tackle plastic pollution
Yesterday (November 30), the person in charge of the Circulation Development Department of the Ministry of Commerce read the "Report Methods for the use and recycling of disposable plastic products in the Commercial Field (Trial)".
The "Reporting Measures" are further detailed according to the provisions of the "Solid Waste Law", the establishment units of commodity retail places, e-commerce platform enterprises and take-out enterprises need to perform the use of disposable plastic products, recycling reporting obligations.
The "Reporting Measures" determine the scope of the main body of the report mainly according to the relevant laws and regulations and the actual use of disposable plastic products to make specific provisions.
The "Reporting Measures" according to the "Opinions on further strengthening the control of plastic pollution", "Notice on the solid promotion of plastic pollution control" and other documents, refine the scope of the report of disposable plastic products, and will be dynamically adjusted according to the relevant provisions of the State. At the same time, the "report measures" also combined with the actual industry, put forward the requirements of differentiated reporting, that is, the business units of commodity retail places report the use of non-degradable plastic shopping bags, rolled bags and the recycling of plastic waste; E-commerce platform enterprises report the use of non-degradable plastic bags (including woven bags) generated by their own business and the recycling of plastic waste; Take-out companies report the use of non-degradable plastic shopping bags, plastic lunch boxes, plastic tableware (knives, forks, spoons), plastic straws and the recycling of plastic waste.
The "Reporting Measures" stipulate that these measures shall take effect 30 days after the date of promulgation.