The Global Rises To The Forbidden Of Plastic Bags

Last week, the United States San Francisco, the city council to 10 votes in favor, 1 against the outcome of the vote, passed the ban on the supermarket, drugstore retailers such as paper bags, becoming the first American cities through such environmental protection act. The United States is the world's most one of the major consumer plastic bags, it caused by the plastic bag industry high attention around the world.

Petroleum base because of its extensive use of plastic bags and degradability, has been the "white pollution" in one of the most popular plastic products. As wave upon wave of environmental protection wave one wave, there are many countries implemented to disable or limit the laws and regulations of the plastic bags. These measures are given "plastic bag for the future development concerning" information, is to the global plastic industry development have a profound impact.

According to French plastic packaging and film industry trade association (CSEMP) survey data, while France plastic packaging continued to grow by 2.4% in 2006, but plastic film sales fell by 4.5%, and this is mainly because retail shopping bags sold situation worse. Over the same period, the British polyethylene industry association also released a set of statistics, the PE industry in 2006 pre-tax profit fell 29%, excluding raw material price increases, declining consumption is one of the important reasons for the plastic bags.

It is understood that the eu has developed a disable the intentional act of biodegradable plastic bags, some eu countries even have specific disable date and national legislation. Such as France since January 1, 2010, will ban non-biodegradable plastic bags all over the country, and Paris is from this year began to disable the biodegradable plastic bags. Today, most countries in Europe and in large retail stores, in the supermarket are no longer provide free plastic bags, plastic bags for each charge 0.1 ~ 1 euro. These measures, make the plastic bag industry continued contraction in Europe.

In addition, Australia also released the bags. - the country's second most populous state of Victoria has been outlawed in the shopping center, handing out free plastic shopping bags, will start in 2008, at the same time also by 2009 merchants such as still not spontaneous stop using plastic bags, so retailers lightweight plastic shopping bags must be paid not less than $0.10 (RMB 0.60)/only.

In addition to the developed countries, some developing countries are also actively develop disable or limit the laws and regulations of the plastic bags. Such as the Indian state of maharashtra in 2005 banned the sale or the use of plastic bags, tropical resort of Zanzibar in Tanzania in 2006 a comprehensive ban on plastic bags, to save its ecological environment is threatened. And there are many cities in China the plastic bags have been banned and restricted regulation, although the effect is not significant, but the future development trend.
Global plastic bags frequently flashing red lights, but has been take the form of non-mandatory, but starting in 2005, countries began to disable strong measures of plastic bags. Especially Europe and the United States is the world's most important consumer, plastic bags and plastic bags imported world superpower, these countries for substantial red light flashing, plastic bags will make the global plastic industry development is affected. As implemented in Ireland after 15 euro cents per plastic bag levy taxes, the plastic bag consumption sharply decreased by 90%; Since 2005 and the state of Victoria to disable the light after the decree of plastic bags, many retailers are starting to sell customers polypropylene environmental protection bag, instead of the original light made of polyethylene plastic bags, plastic bag usage in major retailers have slashed 45%; San Francisco, used plastic bags each year up to 181 million, only after disabling plastic bag consumption will also fell sharply. plastic bag manufacturing enterprises, especially in Europe and the enterprise are all very attention, and some of the industry association to bags put forward
different opinions. Is considered as Australia plastic chemical industry association, Australia supply 25% of plastic bags on the market for local production, 75% comes from imports, plastic bags will cause a series of complicated problems. Australian production board directly points out that the bags not be good, because only less than 1% of the plastic bags are sold in Australia are discarded, it is not necessary to disable, only need to strengthen the recycling can.

Association degradable plastic professional committee of China also has repeatedly said publicly that "white pollution" is to strengthen recycling, because at the moment the plastic from the large-scale practical application in property prices there are quite a distance. Like in San Francisco, relevant legislation, some supermarkets immediately said to use biodegradable plastic bag cost is higher, so consider to choose to use paper bags. And at present the most paper bags with plastic film packaging, environmentalists worry that could lead to another kind of pollution, and fear that there will be more trees being cut down to make paper bag.