Bid farewell to plastic bags in the global effort, I must mention the British designer Eniyaxi Del Mar Chi, she designed a cotton shopping bag swept the world, to become a fashion statement plastic limit.
Xide Ma Chi is the world’s leading female bag designer, to design high-end products known for her design of the female package priced at 1,500 U.S. dollars each or more. Last year, Xide Ma Chi launched a cotton shopping bags, each price of 15 dollars, but the limited edition.
The bag at the side printed with “I am not a plastic bag” and eye-catching words, was dubbed the “shopping bag.”
Last summer, Xide Ma Chi designed “shopping bag” in the global sale of several major cities in phases, each site will be more than hot. Last year, in June, this shopping bag in the Taipei market, because many buyers stampede triggered, killing 30 people were injured, riot police had deployed to maintain order.
Italian brand Benetton sold in Japan, the color green shopping bags are also popular. The shopping bags in Japan, priced 500 yen (about four U.S. dollars), by a thin polyester fiber material, folded may be placed in the palm of your hand, easy to carry, a total of 10 colors can be selected. To reduce plastic bag consumption at the same time, a number of countries, through improved techniques to deal with “white pollution”, and strive to reduce the number of years required for plastic degradation.
German Ministry of Environmental Protection Information Officer Thomas Hakebeike in November last year, an interview with Xinhua, said that Germany now and the future will not be considered a ban on plastic bags, because Germany was using the environmentally friendly plastic bags.
Hakebeike Currently, Germany is the use of plastic bags are mainly made of polyethylene plastic bags, this bag does not contain softeners and heavy metals curing agent, so the production process not only to environmental protection, but also in the burning processing produces only carbon dioxide and water.
In addition, Germany has a strict garbage classification system and improve the material recycling system, plastic bags, recycling and reuse ratio of nearly 100%, plastic bags and other packaging garbage has become an integral part of the circular economy in Germany.
In Africa, many countries have stringent requirements on the thickness of plastic bags.
Since last July began, the Government of Uganda to ban the production and import of the thickness of plastic bags below 30 microns, the thickness of plastic bags for other levy heavy taxes on its residents while promoting the use of local parcel items of traditional materials - banana leaves. Light rely on the enterprise and consumer spontaneous behavior, not enough to effectively control the abuse of plastic bags caused by the “white pollution.” Many countries have introduced legislation to strengthen efforts to limit plastic.
Germany has not banned plastic bags, plastic bags, but strict control over spending. 70 years since the 20th century, the German supermarkets to stop offering free plastic bags.
Germany in 1991, “Packaging Regulations”, requiring the production and management bear the obligation, recycling and reuse of packaging materials. By 1996, the German special legislation to require manufacturers of products after use of waste for recycling, reuse and treatment-related costs can be added to the sale price onto users, allowing producers, distributors and consumers are borne environmental obligations.
The implementation of the Act over the years, “who pollute, who pay for the cleanup, eliminating the environmental impact fee” this concept firmly rooted in Germany.
Japan’s “Container Packaging Recycling Law” Amendment entered into force in April last year.
The law stipulates that the use of container and packaging materials within a year more than 50 tons of supermarkets, convenience stores and other retail outlets, an obligation to develop their own shopping bags and wrapping paper reduction goal. The relevant departments will regularly check their use of packaging materials, such as found in taking effective steps, will announce its name; not improve, the environment minister to order the implementation of the plan according to the reported reduction, if necessary, also received 50 million yen ( about 4000 U.S. dollars) in fines.