Puyang, Henan Province Legislated Strict Management of Plastic Products, with a Maximum Penalty of 100000 yuan for Illegal Use

Release time:

2021-09-28

On September 27, the 27th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of Henan Province deliberated the regulations on the administration of non degradable plastic products in Puyang City. After the regulation is reviewed and approved by the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, it will be the first local regulation for the management of non-degradable plastic products in cities divided into districts across the country. The regulations clearly define the scope of application, government responsibilities, applicable objects, assessment and commendation, policy support and substitutes, and limit the production, sale and use of non-degradable plastic products prohibited or restricted in the administrative area of Puyang City to disposable non-degradable plastic bags, tableware, agricultural mulch film, etc., and stipulate that the types of non-degradable plastic products specifically prohibited or restricted shall be subject to catalog management and dynamic adjustment. The bill regulates citizens, operators, managers of business premises, government organs and institutions, production enterprises, takeout and logistics industries. China began to implement the "plastic limit order" as early as June 2008 ". After the implementation of the "plastic limit order", the average annual growth rate of the use of plastic bags dropped to less than 3%. The use of plastic products is decreasing, but the scale is still huge, and the situation of "white pollution" is grim. The regulations clarify the scope of "plastic ban", including disposable non-degradable plastic bags, plastic tableware, plastic cotton swabs, plastic straws, and substandard agricultural mulch films. The regulations clarify the "ban on plastics" in specific places, stipulating that operators and units engaged in service activities shall not provide consumers with non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited list, and meetings of government organs and institutions shall not provide plastic bottled drinking water and plastic cups. At the same time, the regulations stipulate the obligation of reminding and informing the business premises: operators should set up catalogues and slogans that prohibit or restrict the use of non-degradable plastic products in prominent places of the business premises. The operator shall establish relevant plastic products purchase and sales ledgers, specifically recording the purchase, sales and provision of channels, catalogues, dates and quantities. The managers of supermarkets, bazaars and other business places shall establish a management system to promptly stop the sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited catalogue in their places. What to use after "plastic ban? The regulations clarify this, such as encouraging the use of environmentally friendly cloth bags, paper bags, degradable shopping bags and other substitutes in shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores and other places; encouraging the catering and takeaway industry to use biodegradable plastic bags that meet performance and food safety requirements, Lunch boxes and other substitutes; encourage the development of green logistics, and promote the use of reusable and easy-to-recycle packaging, gradually reduce the use of non-degradable plastic bags, disposable plastic woven bags, non-degradable plastic tape. How to ensure implementation? First of all, it is reflected in credit management: the relevant departments of the municipal, county (district) people's governments and administrative agencies shall publicize the illegal information on the production, sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited catalogue in the national enterprise credit information publicity system, and incorporate it into the credit information sharing platform, and implement joint punishment in accordance with the law. The second is to encourage in the reporting and reward link: any unit or individual has the right to report the units and individuals that produce, sell and use non degradable plastic products in violation of the provisions of these regulations. The relevant departments of the municipal, county (district) people's governments and administrative agencies, such as market supervision and ecological environment, shall announce the reporting methods to the public, and the departments receiving the reports shall deal with them in a timely manner in accordance with the law and inform the whistleblowers of the results of the handling, and reward the whistleblowers in accordance with the relevant provisions. The third is to restrict the production and sales links: the production and sale of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited catalogue shall be ordered by the market supervision and agricultural and rural authorities to stop production and sales, confiscate the products illegally produced and sold, and impose a fine of less than the value of the products illegally produced and sold; if there is any illegal income, the illegal income shall be confiscated. Finally, it is "landing" in the illegal use link: operators who use or provide non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited list shall be ordered to make corrections by the relevant departments of commerce, postal administration, culture, radio, television, tourism and sports, market supervision, agriculture and rural areas, and impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan. Source: Henan Daily.

The regulations clearly define the scope of application, government responsibilities, applicable objects, assessment and commendation, policy support and substitutes, and limit the production, sale and use of non-degradable plastic products prohibited or restricted in the administrative area of Puyang City to disposable non-degradable plastic bags, tableware, agricultural mulch film, etc., and stipulate that the types of non-degradable plastic products specifically prohibited or restricted shall be subject to catalog management and dynamic adjustment. The bill regulates citizens, operators, managers of business premises, government organs and institutions, production enterprises, takeout and logistics industries.

China began to implement the "plastic limit order" as early as June 2008 ". After the implementation of the "plastic limit order", the average annual growth rate of the use of plastic bags dropped to less than 3%. The use of plastic products is decreasing, but the scale is still huge, and the situation of "white pollution" is grim.

The regulations clarify the scope of "plastic ban", including disposable non-degradable plastic bags, plastic tableware, plastic cotton swabs, plastic straws, and substandard agricultural mulch films.

The regulations clarify the "ban on plastics" in specific places, stipulating that operators and units engaged in service activities shall not provide consumers with non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited list, and meetings of government organs and institutions shall not provide plastic bottled drinking water and plastic cups.

At the same time, the regulations stipulate the obligation of reminding and informing the business premises: operators should set up catalogues and slogans that prohibit or restrict the use of non-degradable plastic products in prominent places of the business premises. The operator shall establish relevant plastic products purchase and sales ledgers, specifically recording the purchase, sales and provision of channels, catalogues, dates and quantities. The managers of supermarkets, bazaars and other business places shall establish a management system to promptly stop the sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited catalogue in their places. What to use after "plastic ban? The regulations clarify this, such as encouraging the use of environmentally friendly cloth bags, paper bags, degradable shopping bags and other substitutes in shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores and other places; encouraging the catering and takeaway industry to use biodegradable plastic bags that meet performance and food safety requirements, Lunch boxes and other substitutes; encourage the development of green logistics, and promote the use of reusable and easy-to-recycle packaging, gradually reduce the use of non-degradable plastic bags, disposable plastic woven bags, non-degradable plastic tape.

How to ensure implementation? First of all, it is reflected in credit management: the relevant departments of the municipal, county (district) people's governments and administrative agencies shall publicize the illegal information on the production, sale and use of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited catalogue in the national enterprise credit information publicity system, and incorporate it into the credit information sharing platform, and implement joint punishment in accordance with the law.

The second is to encourage in the reporting and reward link: any unit or individual has the right to report the units and individuals that produce, sell and use non degradable plastic products in violation of the provisions of these regulations. The relevant departments of the municipal, county (district) people's governments and administrative agencies, such as market supervision and ecological environment, shall announce the reporting methods to the public, and the departments receiving the reports shall deal with them in a timely manner in accordance with the law and inform the whistleblowers of the results of the handling, and reward the whistleblowers in accordance with the relevant provisions.

The third is to restrict the production and sales links: the production and sale of non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited catalogue shall be ordered by the market supervision and agricultural and rural authorities to stop production and sales, confiscate the products illegally produced and sold, and impose a fine of less than the value of the products illegally produced and sold; if there is any illegal income, the illegal income shall be confiscated.

Finally, it is "landing" in the illegal use link: operators who use or provide non-degradable plastic products in the prohibited list shall be ordered to make corrections by the relevant departments of commerce, postal administration, culture, radio, television, tourism and sports, market supervision, agriculture and rural areas, and impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan.

Source: Henan Daily.