(Summary description)"When I cleaned my house, I found more than a dozen eco-friendly bags, most of which were gifts from businesses." Recently, some citizens have reported that the environmental protection bags, which are flooded with gifts, can no longer play an environmental role. Experts remind that environmentally friendly bags made of chemical fiber non-woven fabrics are actually not environmentally friendly. Like plastic bags, they are difficult to degrade at room temperature.



Since the implementation of the "plastic restriction order", businesses have used environmental protection bags as a promotional magic weapon-buy food and beverages to give away environmental protection bags; buy magazines, pay mobile phone bills to give away environmental protection bags... Although these environmental protection bags are easy to use, bright colors and patterns It is cute and popular with many consumers, but according to many citizens, since the use of eco-friendly bags, they will get free eco-bags for participating in activities and shopping. There are too many environmental protection bags in the house now. "These eco-friendly bags are given as gifts. They are old or broken and throw them away." Consumers generally believe that the quality of present eco-friendly bags is not very good, especially non-woven bags, which are stronger than woven fabrics. It's much worse, some are even inferior to plastic bags, and they are not waterproof. Consumer Miss Liu said: "Non-woven bags are easy to split at right angles. Eco-friendly bags are so easy to break. If they are often thrown away, can they still play an environmental role?"



According to experts, most eco-friendly bags are now non-woven bags, whose raw materials are polypropylene or polyethylene terephthalate, while the raw materials of plastic bags are polyethylene. Both polypropylene and polyethylene belong to 50 years. Plastics that cannot be degraded, polypropylene will release harmful substances when exposed to high temperatures. Moreover, the weight and volume of non-woven bags are more than ten times higher than that of ordinary plastic bags. Some non-woven bags will also be equipped with small accessories such as buttons and sequins. These accessories cannot be recycled. Therefore, non-woven bags are actually less environmentally friendly than regular plastic bags that are recyclable and easy to shred.



An employee of a non-woven fabric factory in Harbin told reporters that many companies and enterprises now use environmental protection bags as gifts for advertising. “The environmental protection bags covered with a patterned plastic or color-printed plastic film are not environmentally friendly. Moreover, the production cost of eco-friendly bags in the true sense is much higher."



　　 In this regard, many citizens said that the "plastic restriction order" did not restrict the use of plastic bags, and environmental protection bags that are not degradable are now proliferating. The citizens suggested that relevant departments should make clear regulations on the quality of environmental protection bags and strictly enforce the law. In addition, experts reminded that the raw materials of non-woven fabrics are also plastic products. They are used in large quantities for a long time and the degradation process is slow. The potential risk is greater than that of plastic bags. It may become another huge source of pollution after plastic bags.

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• Time of issue:2019-05-20 16:11