Experts explain that "disposable" non-woven fabrics are more serious than plastic pollution.
2023-08-18
Under the requirements of the "plastic limit order", non-degradable disposable plastic bags have gradually withdrawn from the market, and reusable non-woven bags have become one of its main substitutes, and are widely used in supermarkets, catering, takeaway and other fields.
Under the requirements of the "plastic limit order", non-degradable disposable plastic bags have gradually withdrawn from the market, and reusable non-woven bags have become one of its main substitutes, and are widely used in supermarkets, catering, takeaway and other fields.
But in fact, non-woven bags are not "cloth" bags, their main raw material is polypropylene (PP), the essence is still plastic products. In addition, some businesses in order to reduce costs, the use of non-woven bag material thin, easy to damage, and can not be reused.
For these "disposable" non-woven bags, experts said that this is not only a waste of resources, but also contrary to the "plastic limit order" original intention, but disguised to increase the plastic pollution.
Non-woven fabrics are not "cloth"
In January 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution", which was called "the most stringent plastic restriction order in history" by the industry ". It clearly requires that the production and sale of plastic products include "ultra-thin plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.025mm", and the plastic products that are prohibited and restricted include "non-degradable plastic bags".
Therefore, people began to look for alternatives to plastic bags, including non-woven bags, paper bags, biodegradable plastic bags and so on. Among them, non-woven bags with tough and durable, beautiful shape, good air permeability, can be reused, can be washed, can be printed advertising and other characteristics, a time, become a street landscape.
With the increasing number of non-woven bags on the market, it is found that some non-woven bags are thinner and thinner, and the number of times they can be used is gradually reduced, and even become a "disposable" non-woven bag.
What exactly is a non-woven bag?
Non-woven fabric is a kind of non-woven fabric, its raw material is PP, it directly uses polymer slices, short fibers or filaments through a variety of web forming methods and consolidation technology to form a soft, breathable and flat structure of the new fiber products, often used in home shopping bags.
"Non-woven bags are not 'cloth bags', and their normative name is 'nonwovens '. The word "cloth" may remind people that its raw materials are natural materials, but in fact, its main raw material is PP (62%), which is also the main polymer component of synthetic plastics, and its essence is still non-degradable Plastic products, in the natural environment, its degradation process is as slow as traditional plastic bags. Therefore, these bags named "cloth" are neither the "cloth bags" mentioned in the new plastic restriction policy, nor can they be called "non-plastic products '." Changzhou Longjun Tiancheng Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. General Manager Zhi Zhaohui said.
Although the essence of non-woven bags is still plastic products, if they can be effectively reused and properly disposed of after being discarded, they can also reduce environmental pollution to a certain extent. However, the first finance and economics in the survey found that although there are many businesses in the take-out packaging service using non-woven bags as a substitute, and many consumers use these packaging non-woven bags as shopping bags, but these non-woven bags are prone to damage, open line and so on, and can not be reused.
A few days ago, a professional organization in circulation of non-woven bags were tested, the results show that some non-woven bags between the thickness of 0.1mm ~ 1.0mm, thin texture, with the hand gently tearing or containing some commonly used daily necessities, will soon appear bag body damage, the bottom of the line. In addition, most of these non-woven bags are customized for brands, with different sizes and specifications. The common size is A4 paper size. They can only be used for take-out lunch boxes. They can neither be used for shopping nor used as garbage bags. Finally, they can only be discarded together with the lunch boxes.
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