Documents of the General Office of the State Council
General Office of the State Council [2007] No. 72
Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Restriction of the Production, Sale and Use of Plastic Shopping Bags
People's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, and the State Council's ministries and commissions and all organizations directly under the central government:
Plastic shopping bags are a consumable product in daily life. China consumes a large number of plastic shopping bags every year. Plastic shopping bags for consumers to provide convenience at the same time, due to excessive use and recycling treatment is not in place and other reasons, but also caused a serious waste of energy resources and environmental pollution. In particular, ultra-thin plastic shopping bags are easy to break, most of which are discarded, becoming the main source of "white pollution". More and more countries and regions have restricted the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags. For the implementation of the scientific concept of development, the construction of resource-saving and environmentally friendly society, from the source to take strong measures to urge enterprises to produce durable, easy to recycle plastic shopping bags, guide, encourage the masses to use plastic shopping bags, promote the comprehensive utilization of resources, protect the ecological environment, and further promote energy conservation and emission reduction, agreed by the State Council, is now strictly limited to the production, sale, use of plastic shopping bags, and other relevant matters are notified as follows. Related matters are notified as follows:
A ban on the production, sale and use of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags
From June 1, 2008 onwards, a nationwide ban on the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.025 mm (hereinafter referred to as ultra-thin plastic shopping bags). Development and Reform Commission to urgently revise the "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalog", the ultra-thin plastic shopping bags included in the elimination of product catalogs. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine to speed up the revision of national standards for plastic shopping bags, the development of eye-catching qualified plastic shopping bag product logo, research and promotion of rapid and simple testing methods for plastic shopping bags, and supervise enterprises to organize production in strict accordance with national standards to ensure the quality of plastic shopping bags.
Two, the implementation of plastic shopping bags paid system
Supermarkets, shopping malls, markets and other commodity retail places are the most concentrated use of plastic shopping bags, and most of the current free plastic shopping bags. In order to guide the masses to rational use, economic use of plastic shopping bags, since June 1, 2008, in all supermarkets, shopping malls, markets and other commodity retail places to implement plastic shopping bags paid system, are not free to provide plastic shopping bags. Commodity retail establishments must be on the plastic shopping bags marked price, and in the price of goods outside the price of plastic shopping bags charged, shall not be provided free of charge or will be implied in the price of plastic shopping bags within the total price of goods charged in combination. The Ministry of Commerce in conjunction with the Development and Reform Commission to develop the specific management of the paid use of plastic shopping bags in retail establishments, and effectively implement and gradually form a paid use of plastic shopping bags in the market environment.
Three, to strengthen the limited production and sale of plastic shopping bags to limit the supervision and inspection
Quality inspection departments to establish a plastic shopping bag manufacturer product quality supervision mechanism. Violations of the continued production of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags, or not in accordance with the provisions of the paste (print) qualified plastic shopping bags product logo, as well as the existence of other violations, in accordance with the "Chinese People's **** and the National Product Quality Law" and other laws and regulations, accordingly ordered to stop production, confiscation of illegally produced products, confiscation of illegal income, fines and other penalties. To improve the quality of regulatory measures, increase law enforcement, strict implementation of the exposure, recall, rectification, punishment and other systems.
Industry and commerce departments to strengthen the supermarkets, shopping malls, markets and other retail sales of goods, the use of plastic shopping bags supervision and inspection, the violation of the continued sale, use of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags and other behaviors, in accordance with the "People's Republic of China *** and the National Product Quality Law" and other laws and regulations to be investigated and dealt with. Commodity retail establishments to strengthen the sales and use of plastic shopping bags in the market management, supervise the sale of merchants, the use of qualified plastic shopping bags. Plastic shopping bag sales enterprises to establish the purchase and sale of accounts system to prevent unqualified plastic shopping bags into the market.
Passenger trains, passenger ships, buses, airplanes, stations, airports and tourist attractions shall not be provided to travelers, tourists, ultra-thin plastic shopping bags (bags), railways, transportation, civil aviation, tourism and other competent authorities to effectively fulfill the supervision and inspection duties.
Four, improve the recycling level of waste plastics
Sanitation departments to speed up the implementation of separate collection and separate treatment of domestic waste, and effectively reduce the number of waste plastics being mixed with garbage incineration or landfill. Waste materials recycling departments should strengthen the recycling of waste plastics management, guidance, support materials recycling enterprises to establish a sound recycling network, make full use of price leverage and provide quality services and other measures to promote the recycling of waste plastics, and vigorously promote the scale of sorting and grading of the use of plastics resources to give full play to the utility.
Environmental protection departments should increase the environmental supervision of the recycling process of waste plastics, develop environmental access conditions, pollution control standards and technical specifications and supervise the implementation of the establishment of waste plastics from recycling, transportation, storage to recycling of the whole process of environmental management system.
Science and technology departments to increase support for the treatment and disposal of waste plastics technology research and development efforts to develop and promote the use of waste plastics to improve the value-added technologies and products, and improve the level of waste plastics resource utilization.
Financial and tax departments should expeditiously study and formulate tax policies to curb the pollution of waste plastics, and use tax leverage to regulate the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags, to support and encourage the development of the comprehensive utilization of waste plastics industry.
Fifth, vigorously create a good atmosphere to limit the production and sale of plastic shopping bags
In conjunction with the Environment Day, Energy Conservation Awareness Week and other activities, make full use of radio and television, newspapers and magazines, the Internet and other media, to take the masses of people enjoyable and easy to understand, focusing on selecting the community, villages and towns, schools, supermarkets, shopping malls, markets, and stations, airports, tourist attractions, etc., to widely publicize the "white pollution", and to make it more effective and efficient. Widely publicize the harm of "white pollution", publicize the importance of limiting the production and sale of plastic shopping bags, so that the general public and the production and sales enterprises to firmly establish the conservation of resources and protection of the environment awareness, consciously and reasonably use plastic shopping bags, according to the law of the production and sale of qualified plastic shopping bags.
Promote heavy carry cloth bags, heavy vegetable baskets, reuse durable shopping bags, reduce the use of plastic bags, guide enterprises to simplify commodity packaging, and actively choose green, environmentally friendly bags, encourage enterprises and social forces free of charge for the masses to provide cloth bags, such as reusable shopping bags, *** with the creation of a good atmosphere for the restrained use of plastic shopping bags.
Six, strengthen the local people's government and the State Council departments concerned
Local people's governments at all levels are responsible for the region to limit the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags, we should attach great importance to strengthen the leadership, carefully deployed, and carefully organized the various functional departments to develop specific measures and implement them. Development and reform, business, quality inspection, industry and commerce and other departments to their respective duties and responsibilities, collaborate and cooperate closely to ensure that the production and sale of plastic shopping bags in the implementation of the measures in place. Administrative supervision and law enforcement supervision and inspection should be strengthened to effectively implement the law enforcement accountability system, and strengthen the responsibility of local people's governments at all levels and relevant departments of the State Council. For administrative inaction, poor law enforcement, in accordance with the "People's Republic of China *** and the State Administrative License Law", "People's Republic of China *** and the State Administrative Penalty Law" to pursue the relevant competent departments and law enforcement agencies, the main person in charge of the responsibility and the relevant responsible person.
The General Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
December 31, 2007
Subject:Economic Management Resource Conservation Environmental Protection Notice
Copies:Departments of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), People's Governments of the Municipalities with Plans to be Listed on a Single List, the General Office of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the General Offices of the Central Military Commission (CMC), all headquarters, all branches of the military, and all major military regions.
The General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the High Court, the High Prosecutor's Office.
Central Committee of the Democratic Parties.
Secretariat of the General Office of the State Council Issued on January 4, 2008
Introduction:
On January 8, 2008, the General Office of the State Council issued the Notice on the Restriction of the Production, Sale and Use of Plastic Shopping Bags, which, starting from June 1, banned the production, sale and use of ultra-thin plastic bags throughout the country, and implemented a system of compensated use of plastic bags.
January 1, 2015, Jilin Province, the official implementation of the "plastic ban", the provisions of the province-wide ban on the production and sale of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags, plastic tableware. This has also become China's implementation of the "plastic ban" six years, the first comprehensive "plastic ban" of the province.