Which cities in Henan give priority to banning disposable plastic products?

On June 3, with the approval of the Henan Provincial Committee for Deep Reform, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued the Action Plan for Accelerating White Pollution Control and Promoting Beautiful Henan Construction on June 2. It is mentioned in the plan that before the end of 2020, Henan Province will take the lead in banning and restricting the production, sale and use of some plastic products in urban built-up areas of four pilot cities, including Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Puyang and Xuchang.

Taking 2020 and 2022 as the time nodes, the target tasks of four pilot cities, provincial cities and Jiyuan demonstration area, and counties (cities) directly under the jurisdiction of the province are put forward. By 2025, the use of disposable plastic products in the province will be greatly reduced, and plastic pollution will be effectively controlled.

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Actively promote the application of alternative products and models.

With the implementation of restrictions on plastic products in various places and fields, the demand for recyclable, easy-to-recycle and degradable substitute materials and products will increase rapidly, and the market potential is huge.

The Action Plan encourages large supermarkets, shopping malls and other ways to accelerate the promotion and use of non-plastic products such as environmental protection cloth bags and paper bags and degradable plastic substitute products; Promote supermarkets, e-commerce, express delivery and other enterprises to implement integrated packaging of commodity logistics and improve recycling rate; Guide the transformation, upgrading and development of enterprises in the traditional plastic industry, implement green design and supply plastic products that meet relevant standards.

The Action Plan proposes to support Puyang, Zhoukou and other places to rely on the industrial advantages of bio-based degradable materials and related products to carry out technology research and development, extend the industrial chain, and provide consumers with green products such as degradable garbage bags, shopping bags, lunch boxes and agricultural plastic films to ensure the convenience of residents' daily life.

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