More than 60% of Shanghai disposable plastic lunch boxes can be recycled

The latest statistics show that since the beginning of this year, Shanghai has reclaimed 500,000 disposable plastic lunch boxes every day, accounting for about 62% of the daily consumption.

Zou Hua, director of the Special Waste Management Section at the Shanghai Waste Management Office, told reporters that Shanghai has set up a “Tian Luo Di Network” for disposable plastic lunch boxes, and the sorting and recycling work has been implemented in the sanitation management departments of all districts and counties, including each. Streets, garbage bins and landfills.

According to reports, at present, Shanghai has promoted the classification of garbage in residential areas and sorted out foaming food containers during the classification process. When sweepers sweep the floor, they also pay special attention to picking up waste boxes. For large and small restaurants and business buildings, staff are arranged for recycling. Shanghai has also established four centralized disposable plastic lunch boxes for recycling in the Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Regions, forming a strong social recycling network.

Zou Hua said that in the recycling of disposable plastic lunch boxes, the "one-penny policy" launched in Shanghai a year ago has played an important role. According to the "one penny policy," anyone who picks up a disposable plastic lunch box and sends it to a collection point can get a penny. The gratuity paid is from each 3 cents collected for the disposal of disposable plastic lunch boxes.

It is understood that at present, the consumption of disposable plastic lunch boxes in Shanghai is 800,000 per day, and 300,000 of them still have “white pollution” after recycling 500,000.