According to the decision of the relevant provisions of the "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalogue (2011 edition)" revised by the National Development and Reform Commission, disposable foam tableware will be deleted from the "eliminated product catalogue". From May 1, this tableware, which has been banned for 14 years, officially ushered in the "lifting of the ban day".

In this connection, netizens are generally worried about the recurrence of "white pollution", product safety and other problems, and worry that such low-cost products or impact on the degradable tableware market. Many netizens called on the disposable foam tableware should not be "naked", must establish scientific industry access standards, effective industry supervision and sound recycling system, in order to let consumers rest assured, so that the environment is not harmed.

White pollution and safety concerns

netizen "Under the Temple of Heaven" said that disposable foam plastic tableware in the production, use, recycling and other links have serious problems. Although the NDRC for the reason of lifting the ban, but "suddenly lifted the ban" disposable foam plastic tableware, still worry about "white pollution" recurrence.

netizen "Qi Shan" said that aside from improper recycling will cause serious pollution, some enterprises in the production of illegal addition of industrial talc powder, fluorescent whitening agent and other additives that do not meet the relevant national health standards, to food safety buried hidden dangers.

Internet users "giant goose" also believes that after lifting the ban, it will mainly face four major problems such as difficult control of raw material quality, abuse of additives, limited use of temperature, and difficult recycling.

degradable tableware facing low cost impact

Netizen "said history" that over the years disposable foam tableware ban, mainly is the production cost and low entry threshold. A non-foam lunch box to 20 to 30 grams of raw materials, and foam tableware only five or six grams, the cost is very low. The "legalization" of disposable foam tableware may have a greater impact on the degradable tableware market.

netizen "smooth spring" also believes that since 2001, the state originally required the catering industry to use "degradable tableware", but compared with the foam tableware, the cost is more than ten times higher. The implementation of degradable tableware has been difficult for more than 10 years, at this time, the "sudden lifting of the ban" on foam tableware will inevitably make its situation worse.

Supervision and recycling is the key

Many netizens said that the return of disposable foam tableware should not be a "naked return", it should be to let consumers rest assured that the environment is not harmed. In order to achieve, a sound recycling system, a scientific industry access standards, an effective industry regulatory system, is indispensable.

signed "each has its own merits" microblog that the recycling system needs to be established urgently: in accordance with the principle of government support, enterprise operation and participation of the whole people, the supervisor and supervision and implementation department of foam tableware recycling should be clear, and the incentive policy to support the recycling and utilization of disposable foam tableware should be introduced.

netizen "That year university" also said that the production of foamed tableware must be introduced as soon as possible industry standards, clear industry access conditions, and standardize a series of links from raw material production to final molding should be applicable standards, at the same time to warn and inform consumers. In addition, it is necessary to establish a recycling system.

(Reporter Xia Baoqiang finishing)

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