Recycling of used plastics is promising

China is the largest developing country in the world, with a large population, scarce resources and a per capita average of only half the world average. According to the analysis of related departments, of the 45 major minerals that have been identified in China, only 21 will be able to meet the demand in 2010 and only 6 will remain in 2020. On the other hand, China has a huge amount of solid waste generated each year. At present, China’s cumulative production of solid waste from industrial production alone has reached tens of billions of tons, and it covers an area of ​​nearly one million hectares. Some occupy large amounts of farmland and about half of the waste is discharged into rivers, lakes, and seas. As a result, ecosystems are fragile, environmental quality deteriorates, resources are highly consumed, and raw materials are wasted. Among these, the recycling of discarded plastic products is not optimistic. According to relevant department statistics, the annual output of China's plastic products (mainly packaging, building materials, automobiles, home appliances, etc.) increased from 6.2 million tons in 1997 to nearly 30 million tons in 2002, with an average annual growth of more than 30%. The amount of about 1/4 of the total. In recent years, the main solid waste in urban waste is plastic packaging, mainly plastic bags, plastic bottles (medicine bottles, beverage bottles, food boxes), plastic lunch boxes (EPS) and a large number of plastic packaging cushion products, etc. A major environmental hazard. According to the appraisal of the relevant medical department, waste plastic hollow containers contain most of the germs in the natural environment due to the wearing of organic substances, and the “garbage” of rubbish in the urban-rural junctions tends to be profit-oriented, and the treatment is often not clean. The "recycling" of the waste can be imagined as harmful to the human body.

According to the Institute of Resource Recycling and Utilization of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Tsinghua University, relevant experts and scholars are advancing to the government authorities to take practical measures to turn waste into treasure.

First of all, the government must vigorously support and vote for a portion of the bonus or policy, and promote the development of plastic recycling industry. It is understood that the recycling and comprehensive development projects of packaging waste in Wuhan area have been carried out under the support of relevant government policies.

The first domestic waste plastics comprehensive treatment project in Jiangxi Province that uses World Bank loans and invested nearly 10 million US dollars has begun to play a role in both resources and environmental protection.

Secondly, in accordance with the economic laws, the development of the recycling of plastics (not just plastics but should include paper, glass, metal, etc.) is being guided. Waste disposal provides a broad space for entrepreneurs who are interested in environmental protection and innovation. It is understood that in this regard, China's largest abandoned plastics distribution market (Zhejiang Town, Dongyang, Zhejiang Province) has given us an inspiration. However, as the market scale continues to expand (the annual transaction volume has reached more than 1 billion yuan), it plays a significant role in energy conservation and environmental protection. Currently, Phase III and IV projects are being planned, which not only reduces plastic waste but also makes Enterprises from the plastic deep processing to explore the road to wealth.

Third, science and technology are first and legislation is the basis. Relevant scholars pointed out that at this stage in China, it is difficult to form a good resource reuse channel based solely on the improvement of the quality of the people. According to the experience of Singapore, Japan and other countries, formulating urban waste separation and recycling method is much more useful than the light call. It is understood that in Japan or Singapore, it goes without saying that adults, that is, children have already developed the habit of drinking beverages and collecting plastic bottles. It is difficult to see how children in our country have been thrown away.

Fourth, the establishment of waste plastic recycling system, the relevant departments should be integrated with urban waste management and material recovery management planning, the formation of the system and scale, not to flow into formalism. Like the recycling of used batteries in the previous years, it did not rain. In short, there are already many successful experiences in waste plastics disposal around the country. We hope that people of insight can pool their wisdom and wisdom under the unified coordination of the government, and continue to improve and make achievements.

The person concerned noticed that the "Cleaner Production Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China" passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress recently made a request from the legal level to the development of circular economy.

Authoritative sources pointed out that packaging, as an important part of commodity production, is a measure of the level of national economic development. However, from another perspective, the recycling and recycling of packaging waste is a sign of testing the national economic development level. Judging from the successful practices of some developed countries, it is precisely because of the recycling and reuse and scientific logistics development system that the packaging industry is prosperous and youthful. It is the secret to achieving sustainable development by exploring the principle of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” principles of “decrease,” “reuse,” and “cycle.”