The Beijing pilot charges a separate fee for the clearly marked price of the supermarket's rolling bags. Since the implementation of the "plastic restriction order" in Beijing in December last year, the city's plastic shopping bag sales have dropped significantly; the phenomenon of residents bringing their own shopping bags is gradually increasing, but there is also an increase in the use of free roll-to-roll bags in supermarkets. For this reason, Beijing’s “plastic limit order” has been upgraded again, including a trial charge for supermarkets’ roll-to-roll bags.

According to investigations by the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Ecological Environment Bureau, since the implementation of Beijing’s “plastic restriction order” last year, nearly 70% of citizens have taken the initiative to bring their own shopping bags for shopping, but there has been an excessive use of roll-on bags in supermarkets.

Not long ago, the reporter found in a supermarket that some residents tore off the roll-up bags and put them in their pockets, and they were not used for product packaging. A staff member of a supermarket said that the use rate of chargeable plastic bags is dropping sharply, but the use rate of even roll bags has become higher. Now every supermarket has this feature. Many customers know that biodegradable chargeable plastic bags are more expensive. It was torn from the inside.

In response to the problems, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Ecological Environment Bureau recently issued the "Beijing Plastic Pollution Control Action Plan 2021 Work Points", which put forward 8 aspects and 35 specific requirements for this year’s plastic restriction work: some chain supermarkets will pilot projects Plastic roll bags are clearly marked with prices, and fees are charged separately in addition to the commodity prices, and the scope of the trial will be gradually expanded.

It is understood that since the "Beijing Plastic Pollution Control Action Plan (2020-2025)" was issued at the end of last year, the sales volume of plastic shopping bags in Beijing has dropped by an average of 35%; large supermarket chains and catering companies have gradually eliminated non-degradable disposables. Plastic products; the utilization rate of circulating transfer bags in express outlets has reached more than 95%; most star hotels also do not actively provide the "six small pieces".

Source: CCTV