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Replacing plastic with bamboo from the source to carry out "plastic reduction" to the end

Today is World Environment Day. This year's World Environment Day, the United Nations slogan is "reduce plastic and pick up plastic", one is "reduce", and the other is "pick up". That is to advocate: reducing the use of plastic products; We advocate picking up discarded plastic products and not littering them everywhere.

Data shows that out of a total of 9 billion tons of plastic products produced worldwide, approximately 7 billion tons become plastic waste. In Anji County, Zhejiang Province, the local government has implemented a model of "replacing plastic with bamboo" to reduce the use of plastic products from the source.

In Baofu Town, Anji County, Zhejiang Province, Chen Nantong, the manager of a homestay, is filling out a subsidy application for "using bamboo as a substitute for plastic". In February of this year, the local government introduced a new material procurement reward method for using bamboo as a substitute for plastic, which provides a 50% reward for all products that purchase bamboo as the main and auxiliary materials, with a maximum reward of 10000 yuan. Now, Chen Nantong has replaced all the toothbrushes, towels, combs and other items in the homestay with "bamboo" elements.

Chen Nantong, the manager of a homestay in Baofu Town, Anji County: Approximately 6000 sets of toiletries are used each year, and because they are disposable, a large amount of plastic waste is produced each year. Now that we have all replaced them, we can still receive government subsidies to reduce operating costs and become more environmentally friendly.

Except for homestays, hotels, and other places, plastic products are not uncommon in our daily lives, and in Anji, it seems that bamboo materials can be found as a substitute. The reporter learned in the interview that there are over 900 local bamboo product enterprises, and the county finance department also allocates 20 million yuan annually to encourage enterprises to seek new development opportunities in "using bamboo instead of plastic". From the simple manufacturing of bamboo tableware to the extraction of bamboo cellulose and lignin to create bamboo film bags and straws, Anji's "bamboo products" have been exported to 23 provinces in China and overseas markets.

Liang Fenghui, the person in charge of bamboo and wood products enterprise: This year, we are also innovating and integrating bamboo and other materials through new processes, striving to create more durable and exquisite bamboo products.

Anji has over 1 million acres of bamboo forest with an annual output of 500000 tons of bamboo. The local area utilizes a forest and grass intelligent data platform to scientifically analyze the development prospects of the industry, cultivate and produce eco-friendly industries such as biodegradable bamboo environmental bags and green furniture.

Xiao Kaiqin, the person in charge of Shanjialan Bamboo Industry Professional Cooperative in Anji County: Our products just meet the requirements of replacing plastic with bamboo. We can produce more than 1 million sets of finished products such as bamboo baskets in a year, with an output value of over 10 million yuan, driving the average annual income of hundreds of households in the surrounding area to increase by more than 10000 yuan.

It is understood that there are 1642 species of bamboo plants known worldwide, with over 800 species in China and a bamboo forest area of over 7 million hectares. As a green, low-carbon, and biodegradable biomass material, there are currently over 10000 types of bamboo products developed in China, covering various aspects of production and life such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

Packaging "slims down" and express delivery "turns green"

In daily life, there are actually many plastic usage scenarios that we can easily overlook, such as express boxes. In the past, excessive packaging made express boxes increasingly "fat". In recent years, the National Postal Administration has continuously accelerated the reduction, standardization, and recycling of express packaging, starting from details and reducing the frequency of plastic product use.

At the express logistics operation center of Chenzhou Post in Hunan, it handles over 110000 parcels every day, and the plastic tape on the package is the most frequently used and basic auxiliary tool here. Compared to the past when express delivery boxes were tied up in various ways and wrapped in circles, the cross or even a single letter form has become a new requirement for standardized packaging here.

Feng Xiang, a salesperson at the Chenzhou Branch of China Post Group Co., Ltd.: Nowadays, packaging is much simpler than before. Previously, two to three rolls of this type of tape were used in a day, but now one roll can be used for two days.

Data shows that through standardized packaging, only Chenzhou postal company can reduce the use of plastic tapes by over 7.2 million meters throughout the year. In addition to changes in quantity, the "quality" of the tape is also being upgraded. In the past, a 55mm wide express tape was used, which cannot be completely degraded and is difficult to recycle. The 45mm "slimming" biodegradable tape used now will be lighter and thinner. In order to better carry out "plastic reduction" to the end, a fully stacked non adhesive tape box is also introduced here. The cardboard box adopts a mortise and tenon structure, and uses physical and mechanical principles to achieve zero plastic and zero adhesive tape.

Li Zhoudong, Deputy General Manager of Chenzhou Branch of China Post Group Co., Ltd.: Currently, this type of tape free and recyclable cardboard box accounts for about 20%, and we will gradually increase our investment efforts to make such environmentally friendly express packaging the main force.

This year, China's postal and express delivery industry will continue to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of express packaging. By the end of the year, the proportion of e-commerce parcels no longer being repackaged will reach 90%, and the two measures of excessive packaging and plastic pollution will be deeply promoted. The number of mail parcels using recyclable express packaging will reach 1 billion.

In addition to the express delivery industry, major shopping malls and supermarkets are also the main force of plastic products. Various regions guide consumers to use their own reusable shopping bags, cloth bags, etc. for shopping through methods such as "not selling plastic shopping bags" and "increasing the price of fully biodegradable plastic bags". When the reporter visited, it was found that most citizens would purchase goods through their own cloth shopping bags, which shows that the concept of "reducing plastic" has actually been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Citizen Zeng Qiangfu: Using a cloth bag is environmentally friendly, sturdy, and convenient to carry around. The plastic bag is difficult to dispose of at the landfill, which is not environmentally friendly.

Returning agricultural film to furnace for remanufacturing reduces plastic increment

In addition to daily life, plastic also plays a role in crop production. Data shows that China uses over 1.45 million tons of agricultural film annually, accounting for 75% of the global total. However, agricultural plastic film is difficult to degrade under natural environmental conditions, and residual film can cause soil compaction and crop yield reduction. How to effectively deal with the double-edged sword of agricultural film? Let's take a look at the reporter's visit in Jiangsu.

At present, in the Suining area of Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 60000 acres of garlic are nearing the end of the harvest. In the past two days, Bu Fanrong, a villager from Liji Town, is busy organizing people to pick his own 30 acres of garlic. In addition to garlic, the 150 kg agricultural plastic film that protects the entire growth process of crops in the field is also a key "harvest" object for Bu Fanrong.

Bu Fanrong, a garlic grower in Huating Community, Liji Town, Suining: In the past few years, production has been decreasing every year, but it has been found that there is a problem of residual plastic film. Agricultural technicians say that if the plastic film is not picked up, it will directly affect soil deterioration and lead to reduced production.

In the past, the low price and long transportation distance of waste agricultural film led to the phenomenon of indiscriminate disposal of agricultural film. In recent years, Suining County has established 18 waste agricultural film recycling points within its jurisdiction, covering 100% of the local administrative villages. Bu Fanrong's waste agricultural film can be sold for 2 yuan per kilogram as long as it is pulled to the recycling point 2 kilometers away, which is equivalent to 15% of her total cost of purchasing agricultural film.

Hu Yong, the head of the Green Development Department of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Suining County: The annual usage of agricultural film in the county is about 1200 tons, and then it is collected together through our town recycling network and the waste recycling network in society. The annual recycling of waste agricultural film is about 1000 tons.

The key to reducing plastic is the treatment of recycled agricultural film. The reporter saw at a resource recycling enterprise in Xuzhou that waste agricultural film from five surrounding provinces will be processed into plastic particles or slices in fully automated granulators in the workshop. These secondary regenerated products will be transported to downstream enterprises to generate plastic film, greenhouse film, and other materials for further use in farmland.

Song Guoping, the head of a renewable resource development enterprise: The agricultural film production sector accounts for a relatively large part of our factory. As a single enterprise, we produce about 3000 tons of agricultural film annually, which is recycled in our upstream and downstream systems.

At present, there are over 1400 waste agricultural film recycling outlets and over 100 recycling and processing enterprises at all levels and types in Jiangsu Province, covering the main film use areas. It is expected that the recycling rate of waste agricultural film will exceed 89% this year, with a recycling amount of about 70000 tons of waste agricultural film.