The rise of the global wave of plastic bags banned environmental protection concept deeply rooted

Plastic bags have been one of the most closely watched plastic products in "white pollution" because they are widely used and difficult to degrade through natural decay. At present, many countries have implemented laws and regulations that prohibit or restrict the use of plastic bags.

At present, the world has formed a wave of banned plastic bags. For example, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on November 19 last year that Britain will completely ban the use of plastic bags. The San Francisco City Board of Supervisors voted to pass legislation in March last year. San Francisco became the first city in the United States to explicitly prohibit supermarkets from using plastic shopping bags.

At present, most European countries have no longer provided plastic bags free of charge in supermarkets and large-scale retail markets. In addition, Australia has already issued a law for the ban on plastic bags, and France will be banned nationwide from January 1, 2010 onwards. Non-degradable plastic bags,

In addition to developed countries, some developing countries are also actively formulating laws and regulations that ban or restrict the use of plastic bags. For example, in Maharashtra, India, which banned the sale or use of plastic bags in 2005, Zanzibar, a tropical tourist destination in Tanzania, also completely banned the use of plastic bags in 2006 to save its threatened ecological environment. The world is reaching consensus on limiting and disabling plastic bags.

News link: The concept of environmental protection for simple packaging of goods in Germany is deeply rooted

Less use of plastic bags simplifies packaging and has become a consensus among merchants and consumers in Germany. Most Germans hold objections to over-complicated product packaging, and businesses are also trying to simplify their packaging and use less plastic packaging in order to increase their competitiveness. Look at the reports sent by our reporters in Germany.

Now, in the big and small stores in Germany, most of the goods are not packaged except for essential product packaging. Plastic packaging is limited to food, sanitary products and other major categories of goods, such as clothing products are almost no see packaging. In Berlin's Kaufhof department store, there are more than 1200 alcoholic drinks from around the world. Prices range from a few euros to hundreds of euros, and most are unpackaged.

According to the packaging regulations promulgated by the government, in Germany, manufacturers, traders and importers of goods must bear the provisions for the packaging of goods and the cost of recycling. Among them, the highest cost of recycling is plastic bags. Therefore, the German business is the least used plastic. Paper bags to package goods.

“The consumer wants the gift packaging to be recycled and reusable paper packaging. The wooden packaging is also relatively easy to recycle, so the customer is willing to accept it,” said Detlev Stefans, manager of the Kaufhof department store. Those reprocessed and used relatively difficult plastic packaging are not welcome."