Thoughts on local legislation to restrict excessiv

Reflections on local legislation to limit excessive packaging of goods

[ppzhan Abstract] in recent years, the increasing policy support for excessive packaging of goods is a beneficial guarantee for the development of recycled plastic granulators, which has become a hot spot of social concern, and the media have repeatedly disclosed and criticized it. The phenomenon of excessive packaging of goods is universal, involving many commodity categories such as tea, tobacco and alcohol, health care products, cosmetics, cultural goods and clothing. Most of its packaging materials are carton bags, glass bottles, plastic products and metal boxes and cans. For Shanghai, among the hazards caused by excessive packaging of goods, the more urgent is the disposal of garbage and waste. At the Municipal People's Congress in January this year, deputies to the National People's Congress jointly proposed a bill requiring legislation to restrict excessive packaging of goods

in recent years, the problem of excessive packaging of goods has increasingly become a hot topic of social concern, which has been repeatedly disclosed and criticized by the media. The phenomenon of excessive packaging of goods is universal, involving many commodity categories such as tea, tobacco and alcohol, health care products, cosmetics, cultural goods and clothing. Most of its packaging materials are carton bags, glass bottles, plastic products and metal boxes and cans. In some commodity fields, packaging materials are increasingly used, including precious wood, metal, silk and leather, and even pure silver, pure gold and crystal products. Compared with the analysis data that the packaging recovery rate is less than 20%, the waste of resources is self-evident

for Shanghai, among the hazards caused by excessive packaging of goods, the more urgent is the disposal of garbage and waste. Shanghai is a super large city with a highly dense population, odor score ≤ 3, formaldehyde content ≤ 10mg/kg, and land resources are very scarce. Nearly 20000 tons of domestic waste and waste are produced every day, which is mainly treated by landfill. At present, the existing landfill has become increasingly saturated, and residents around the landfill are often dissatisfied with the smell and pollution of garbage. The source reduction of garbage and waste has become an inevitable choice for Shanghai's urban operation and management, and it is naturally necessary to limit the excessive packaging of goods

at the Municipal People's Congress in January this year, deputies to the National People's Congress jointly proposed a proposal to legislate on restricting excessive packaging of goods. Previously, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress has formed a working group and launched a legislative investigation to limit excessive packaging of goods. In February this year, restricting excessive packaging of goods was listed as a formal legislative item by the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress. Shanghai's legislation to restrict excessive packaging of goods is on the verge of emerging

in terms of restricting the excessive packaging of goods, you can call the company's services through the page. Although the space of local legislation is limited, as long as you focus on the long term, combine the actual situation, use the existing legal resources and play a good guiding role, it can also produce positive results. At present, we can study and make breakthroughs in the following aspects:

first, expand the space of local legislation by making provisions on the reduction of packaging

due to the relative lack of superior legal basis for restricting excessive packaging of goods, local legislation has limited space in the setting of laws and restrictive measures. By providing for the reduction of packaging, some appropriate binding provisions can be set. For example, if there are mandatory national standards, necessary laws and restrictive measures can be set within the local legislative authority from the implementation of national mandatory standards; It can also provide space for guiding and incentive measures and the setting of corresponding provisions. Moreover, it is easier to form a social consensus to legislate from the reduction of commodity packaging

second, through the regulation of the sales link to the production link, to achieve source control. Shanghai is an open market. About 90% or more of the goods in the circulation link come from home and abroad, and less than 10% of the goods produced locally. It is obviously impractical to restrict the production process from the source. Although the role of supervising the sales link is indirect, it conforms to the reality of Shanghai, and as long as it is properly guided, its transmission to the production link is also effective. This is because: first, taking the sales link as the starting point can form a general constraint on commodity packaging, including commodity packaging produced in Shanghai. Second, in the current market environment of oversupply, sales enterprises generally have a greater say than production enterprises. Sales enterprises can transmit restrictive provisions to production enterprises through contract agreement, purchase acceptance and other links. Third, the relationship between sales and consumers is close, and relying on public supervision is an effective means for legislation to work

third, we should give play to the effectiveness of supervision and management by clarifying the management department. The municipal quality and technical supervision department should be responsible for the management of limiting excessive packaging of goods in Shanghai, and implement the whole process supervision, that is, the management of production links and circulation links should be mainly undertaken by the municipal quality and technical supervision department. In this way, we can achieve clear supervision and clear job responsibilities, so as to avoid wrangling caused by unclear department responsibilities, or the vacancy of management caused by railway police and each section. From the operational level, commodity packaging involves technical standards, which is the management scope of the quality and technical supervision department. Therefore, the municipal quality and technical supervision department is responsible for the supervision of restricting excessive packaging of goods, which is easier to be supported in the implementation of regulations. At the same time, it should also be clear that the corresponding positions of other relevant departments such as industry and commerce, food and drug administration, development and reform, commerce, economic informatization, environmental protection, greening city appearance and other departments are the responsibility and cooperation of the tension machine

in addition to norms and constraints, the effectiveness of laws and regulations also plays a very important role in guiding and guiding. Due to the setting of guiding clauses, there is relatively large space for local legislation. Therefore, the legislation to limit the excessive packaging of goods should pay full attention to and strive to expand the application of guiding clauses and incentive measures. For example, formulate corresponding incentive measures for the recycling of packaging materials to mobilize the enthusiasm of production and sales enterprises; In terms of system design, enterprises are encouraged to give priority to the use of renewable packaging materials; Enterprises are encouraged to clearly indicate the recycling of packaging materials and packaging cost information on commodity packaging. In the guiding provisions, it is very important to play the role of industry associations. As early as the mid-1990s, the relevant industry associations in Shanghai took the initiative to limit the excessive packaging of moon cakes, introduced industry standards, and played an important role in regulating the packaging of moon cakes in Shanghai. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the positioning of trade associations in restricting excessive packaging and reduction of commodity packaging in legislation, encourage and support trade associations to formulate commodity packaging standards higher than national or local standards, guide and promote them in relevant enterprises, and encourage and support trade associations to organize and carry out certification of simple packaging in the industry under the guidance of the government