Can degradable plastic bags replace traditional PE plastic bags to eliminate white pollution?

        After the "new plastic limit", paper straws have recently become a very popular environmentally friendly alternative, followed by poor comments on their practicality. Some netizens joked: "Milk tea has not been drunk, the straw is rotten." The author believes that at this stage, many alternatives to plastic products are still in the process of exploring, and if they cannot achieve a complete replacement, then the implementation of the "new version of the plastic restriction order" will inevitably encounter obstacles. Therefore, while actively looking for suitable alternatives to reduce plastic pollution, we can not only focus on alternatives, but should simultaneously promote the concept of recycling and abandon the disposable consumption culture.

Experts believe that in fact, the core problem of plastic pollution is disposable, rather than the plastic itself, and what we should abandon is actually a disposable consumer culture. A lot of things, we want to make the best use of plastic products as much as possible to repeat, cycle, regeneration to use, rather than use once and throw away.

For example, "degradable" plastics also need to be collected and disposed of, if thrown into the natural environment, nature does not know how to effectively dispose of. Similarly, do you think that using paper products is necessarily environmentally friendly? In fact, paper straws also face pollution problems. Paper straws are an alternative to mainstream plastic straws.
        Data show that China's paper straw industry is still in the embryonic state, and because of the industry's high production input, high qualification requirements, lack of technical personnel, industry standards to be improved and other reasons, there are currently less than 10 enterprises that meet the paper straw production qualification. The production of paper straws, as the name implies, is inseparable from paper, so from the beginning of its production, it consumes wood, and the process of processing will continue to emit pollutants, and the production cost is higher than that of plastic straws. In addition, paper straws are not necessarily more degradable than plastic products. Because some paper straws need to be made of composite materials, such as "paper + coating", etc., it is actually a mixed material of plastic and paper, which is more difficult to deal with and its degradability will be reduced. So on the whole, paper straws are not necessarily more environmentally friendly than plastic straws.

        In addition to paper straws, paper bags, cartons and other packaging methods have been added to the market to replace plastic products. These paper disposable products on the consumption of wood is self-evident, if not repeatedly used, it is difficult to achieve the purpose of environmental protection.

        Therefore, whether it is plastic or paper, in our daily consumption, abandon the short-lived, non-repeatable consumer goods habits, in the pursuit of convenience, fast, efficient consumption at the same time, should try to choose reusable goods that can be used repeatedly. Do not let one-time consumption overflow, and actively seek solutions to one-time consumption and moderate consumption. In our daily life, we should follow reasonable consumption concept and realize rational consumption.