Recently, the Peking Municipality's Regulations on the Management of Domestic Garbage was revised and passed, requiring catering operators, catering delivery service providers, and hotel operating units not to actively provide consumers with disposable chopsticks, forks, spoons, toiletries, etc. and should be eye-catching Prompt identification.
So, how is the provision of takeaway disposable tableware in Zhengzhou? How to solve the dilemma of takeaway garbage?
Zhengzhou has not managed the segmentation of takeaway garbage
Recently, Henan Business Daily interviewed several consumers who often order food. Some interviewees said that when ordering takeaways, they would ask for a few extra cutlery, so when they occasionally eat other things, they can use it directly, which is very convenient. Some interviewees also said that because of the long-term take-out, there was a lot of unwanted disposable tableware in the home.
According to Zhao Yaomin, a teacher of the School of Materials and Chemical Engineering of Central Plains Institute of Technology, the disposable tableware and tableware packaging bags on the market are mostly made of polyethylene, polyester, and polystyrene. Such materials cannot be buried in the soil. Decomposed. "At present, there is no particularly good way to recycle this kind of garbage." Zhao Yasmin said.
The relevant staff of Zhengzhou Urban Management Bureau said, "At present, Zhengzhou has not yet broken down and managed the takeaway garbage. It can only find solutions at the source and encourage consumers to reduce their use. Zhengzhou Urban Management Bureau can only coordinate with relevant bureau committees. Requests for reduced use will be made in next year's waste classification scheme. "
Takeaway merchants place disposable tableware as "subconscious action"
In fact, as early as 2017, there was an “Environment-free” environmental protection option available on takeaway platforms. Users can check this option when ordering, and they can also get ant forest energy rewards.
A reporter from Henan Business Daily visited a number of restaurants near University Road in Zhengzhou and found that most merchants defaulted to place tableware according to the number of meals. Some businesses even think that if customers complain about it because they do n’t put tableware, resupply will bring more cost pressure.
"Environmental orders will have one or two orders every week, the number is particularly small. Sometimes, even if I see the environmental order, I will still place the tableware according to the default quantity. It is convenient to order takeaways in case he checks it himself Wrong, what if I find that there is no tableware giving me a bad review? "Said Zhang Mengke, a cashier at a tomato sauce noodle shop on the university road.
A reporter from Henan Business Daily randomly ordered fried rice at a shop on the aforementioned takeaway platform and chose the option of “no tableware required”. Sure enough, while receiving the energy of the ant forest, he still received disposable tableware.
In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the platform said that it will continue to propagate to the merchants and change the merchants' concept of "more than not less" for tableware distribution. In addition, the "no tableware" remarks will be displayed in bold on the small ticket order to ensure that the merchant can see them.
Zhao Yaomin said that currently the price of degradable plastic products, such as polylactic acid, is about twice as high. In response, Zhao Yaomin suggested that the government should increase support and subsidies for environmentally friendly materials companies, and first reduce the price of degradable plastic products.
In addition, Zhao Yaomin suggested that takeaway merchants charge for disposable tableware, so merchants can keep costs and increase consumer environmental awareness.