In the "plastic restriction" requirements, non-degradable disposable plastic bags gradually out of the market, can be repeatedly used non-woven bags become one of the main alternatives, in supermarkets, restaurants, take-away and other areas are widely used, some local governments will also be printed with a slogan of non-woven bags issued to the masses. The main raw material of non-woven bags for polypropylene, the essence is still plastic products, the public generally misunderstood that non-woven bags is the traditional cloth bags, its pollution problem cognitive ambiguity, some businesses to reduce the 'plastic restrictions' loss, the widespread use of light material, easy to break the non-woven bag replacement, to a certain extent, against the 'plastic restrictions' original intention, resulting in new pollution.
Non-woven bags are essentially plastic products, and the results of a study published by the UK Environment Agency in 2011 showed that non-woven bags need to be reused at least 11 times to make up for the pollution it brings. Now many supermarkets, take-out meals, such as the use of non-woven bags thin, load-bearing, carrying, waterproof and puncture-resistant performance requirements are not high, workmanship, quality and durability is poor, easy to break, open lines and other situations, it is difficult to reuse. If the non-woven bag is used only once, the energy consumption of a single non-woven bag is 17.8 times that of a disposable plastic bag, and carbon emissions are 16.7 times that of a disposable plastic bag."
An online survey returned 1016 valid questionnaires, 756 people "do not think that non-woven bags are plastic products, will not cause pollution". Non-woven bags due to the word "cloth" may be associated with its raw materials for natural materials, coupled with the business propaganda induced, most of the general public can not recognize the pollution hazards caused by the abuse of non-woven bags. The actual non-woven fabrics are not only from traditional non-degradable petroleum-based materials such as polypropylene and polyethylene, but also from non-degradable petroleum-based materials or chemical synthetics in many of our garment fabrics, just in the processing process.
As the concept of environmental protection becomes increasingly popular, more people tend to use environmentally friendly, non-polluting household products. To this end, some work needs to be done: First, improve industry standards. From moisture, toughness, load-bearing, thickness and other aspects of the development of non-woven bags production standards, requirements to meet the standard of non-woven bags can be circulated in the market, otherwise the same as the traditional plastic bags to be punished. Guide manufacturing enterprises to effectively fulfill their social responsibility, comply with industry standards, strengthen the universal design of non-woven bags to meet the needs of non-specific scenarios of use.
At the same time to strengthen supervision. Relevant departments to develop more specific management and guidance measures for non-woven bags, non-woven bags that do not meet industry standards into the "Plastic Restriction" regulatory category, give full play to the departmental regulatory synergies, strengthen the supervision and inspection of production enterprises, and crack down on unqualified production and sales behavior. Regulate the release of corporate merchant advertising, requiring platforms to strengthen advertising audits and strictly prohibit misleading or false advertising practices.
Third, strengthen the propaganda guidance. Strengthen the "disposable" non-woven bags of propaganda and popularization of science, so that it gets rid of the "cloth" of the false name, return to the original plastic products, guide the general public to correctly understand the non-woven bags. Vigorously advocate the concept of environmental protection and energy conservation, encourage recycling, and properly sort and put out the discarded cloth bags of garbage.
Play the role of government guidance demonstration, environmental protection departments around the notice requires units in the use of non-woven bags, strengthen the quality and durability of the gatekeeper, resist the "disposable" non-woven bags.
