Recently, the staff of Shanghai Supervision Bureau found that a bakery in Minhang District of Shanghai provided customers with disposable plastic straws for free. According to the label on the plastic straw, the main material of the straw is polypropylene, which is not only a non-degradable plastic product, but also prohibited by the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, so the merchants are completely ignorant of the law.
According to the statistics of the staff of Minhang District Market Supervision Bureau, there are more than three bags of plastic straws in this bakery, ***300. The staff of Minhang District Market Supervision Bureau punished the bakery according to the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes, including not only education punishment, but also cash punishment of 1 10,000 yuan, which is considered as a small punishment and a big warning to other businesses that still use plastic straws.
In addition, this case is also the first related case after the promulgation of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste in People's Republic of China (PRC), which not only represents the national refusal to use plastic straw according to the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste in People's Republic of China (PRC), but also represents the great determination of China's environmental protection department to protect the environment.
Finally, every consumer is a member of the global village, and every consumer should also contribute to environmental protection. If it is found that businesses do not continue to use plastic straws according to regulations, consumers have the responsibility and obligation to complain to the relevant departments, which is also a modest contribution that every ordinary consumer can make to environmental protection.