The National Development and Reform Commission has issued an opinion on further strengthening the control of plastic pollution, stipulating that by the end of 2020, non-degradable disposable plastic straws will be banned from the catering industry nationwide. With less than half a year to go, Star hotels in Guangzhou have begun using “paper straws” , starbucks, mcdonald’s are “cross-dressing” for straws or Cup Lids, and Nestlé has even started “smart plastic recycling cars” ..

    Recently, reporters at Mandarin Oriental’s Ebony restaurant saw that all drinks were served with non plastic straws. And in take-out platform, many dining outlets have added “do not use tableware (plastic Straw)” and other options, to encourage consumers to reduce the use of plastic products.

    Is Consumer still used to” paper Straw” ? Reporters visited, the majority of consumers support the ban on plastic straw, but a small number of consumers said the need for a process of adaptation.

    During the visit, the reporter also found that some businesses offer both plastic straws and paper straws to deal with “picky” customers. “while we advocate environmental protection, the cultivation of good habits requires a process, so there is a warm reminder on the packaging of plastic straws that using less straws is more environmentally friendly, ” a businessman who declined to be named told reporters

    Back in 2018, starbucks announced that it would stop using plastic straws worldwide this year. By January, the company had banned plastic straws from more than 4,000 stores in China. From June 30, mcdonald’s of China announced that nearly 1,000 restaurants in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen Will fine-tune their designs on Cup lids and stop using plastic straws. On top of the new Beverage Cup Lid, mcdonald’s has designed a drinking mouth so that consumers can drink directly by opening a small lid on top.

    Recently, some of the city’s parks appear in a cute, sweet sound of the intelligent recycling car. It is part of Nestle’s innovative project, and will spend the next few days wandering around the park on a regular basis, promoting the idea of recycling plastic. Visitors can also wave it off at any time, learn green tips on the body screen, place empty plastic bottles in the recycling window on the body, and have the chance to win a mystery prize.

    In addition, the reporter learned from the Express Logistics Industry, Shentong, postal and other enterprises are vigorously promoting the use of recycled express packaging bags. Guangzhou post has equipped 77 outlets with green recycling boxes for express delivery packaging, encouraging customers to pick up packages after the original boxes can be put into recycling boxes, conducive to re-use.

    At the beginning of this year, the State Post Bureau said it would strive to achieve 90 percent of the “thin tape” package by the end of this year, 70 percent of the e-commerce express no-repackaging rate, and 90 percent of the recycling bags, an additional 20,000 outlets will be set up with standard packaging waste recovery facilities.