According to public data, in the bicycle industry, only ofo and mobike together have more than 11 million daily active users; In the take-away industry, the daily order volume disclosed by a "hungry" ordering platform has also reached about 1 million; In the logistics industry, rookie network assists China retail platform to deliver 55 million packages every day ...

China Center for International Economic Exchange said that China is welcoming the spring of "new economy" development, and China is also rapidly creating the miracle of Internet economy, and the field of "new economy" with Internet economy as its core is growing rapidly. According to Jin Xuejun, a professor at the School of Economics of Zhejiang University, under the rapid development of the "new economy", waste and pollution cannot be underestimated. "* * * enjoys a low rate of illegal parking of bicycles, and most of the packaging waste in the express delivery industry is non-degradable and ecologically unfriendly."

"New Economy" gives birth to new waste

Scene 1: In an open space of thousands of square meters in the south of Hangzhou, tens of thousands of bicycles are abandoned in the wilderness, and bicycles of various brands are densely packed. There are more than one similar temporary detention point in Hangzhou, and tens of thousands of * * * bicycles are idle and wasted, which is called * * * bicycle "cemetery" by netizens.

scene 2: Ms. Tang, a white-collar worker in Shanghai, recently bought cosmetics online. She told the reporter for half a month that an 8-cm-high essence lotion was packed with plastic foam, inflatable columns, oversized cartons and so on, and the packaging of "three layers inside and three layers outside" surprised her. "After taking out the goods, everything can only be thrown into the trash can except the boxes, which are easier to recycle." Ms. Tang said.

Scene 3: On a weekend afternoon, in the downstairs of a college dormitory, students came down from time to time to pick up takeout and express delivery. Ms. Wu, the aunt of the boarding house, lamented: "Nowadays, children are staying at home and don't go out for meals. It is very common to order takeout." In the garbage dump downstairs of the dormitory, flies are flying around, and take-away packages and ordinary garbage are piled up without classification.

These scenes are very common in life, and the waste behind them is shocking. For example, in 2116, there were 31.3 billion express parcels in China, resulting in 12 billion express plastic bags and 24.7 billion meters of adhesive tape, most of which could not be recycled and decomposed naturally.

for another example, based on a daily average of 11 million single take-out, 1 plastic bags for each single take-out and 1.16 square meters for each plastic bag, it is roughly estimated that the plastic bags used in one day can cover 611,111 square meters, which is equivalent to 84 football fields, and a West Lake can be covered in about 11 days. Some insiders predict that there will be a large number of damaged bicycles in the next two or three years, and how to recycle them needs to be solved urgently.

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