The paid use of plastic bag can not cure " white pollution"

Is beginning from June 1,2008 , in all supermarket, market and fair the merchandise retail places such as trade market implement plastic shopping bag paid use system, must not freely offer plastic shopping bag always. The general office of the State Council takes off hair now to" produce about restriction to sell to use the notice of plastic shopping bag". Notice is pointed out , has become the major source of " white pollution " in view of shopping bag, in the future, people's government of every place and ministries and commissions etc. should prohibit to produce, sell and use super thin plastic shopping bag , will carry out plastic shopping bag paid use system. ( on January 8 Chinese news net reportHttp: / /news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-01-08/201214696015.shtml)

See our around, strong wind rises Xi, plastic bag rises. Do not exaggerate land say , the white that plastic bag causes pollutes , have spread all over urban and rural each corner, have arrived really to be not determined to administer the field that does not be all right. From this meaning, say that the author approves very much to employ administrative means to administer white pollution. However, hope that this one of " plastic shopping bag paid use " stipulates containment white to pollute , the author thinks that may be hard to be successful.

Why do you so say? As soon as probe takes off " plastic shopping bag paid use system ", the original intention of enacting is as follows simply: It will distribute less that once having collected fees , trade company feels heartache , consumer cheap can reduce demand, or seek substitute actively, if be this , quantity will reduce the use of plastic shopping bag considerably, white pollution can get containment. May fact meeting according to the wishes development of system designer? I see not definitely.

Have no free lunch in the world. Now, is the plastic shopping bag that trade company sends free really? Surface sees is , is not actually. In fact, its cost has been calculated into price, eventually, what make money is still consumer's , is to receive darkly only , many persons mistake thinks free just. As as this, you alter dark receipt into clear receipt , purchase the cost of plastic bag and have not changed , haven't consumer and trade company increased burden , how to so look to it to play price lever role? Unless requirement trade company gets the price of plastic bag surely is very high, may this has interfered the operation of trade company freedom, have again increased the economic burden of consumer , is inconsistent with economic law , also do not join reason.

The rational economic person in assumption, people for use what bag shopping, which kind of way shopping convenience is shortcut, convenient and economic, since have judgment. As is dark to receive the clear receipt of altering , on economy, has not increased cost, generally speaking, he can still select use to facilitate bag - - plastic shopping bag , is after all definite and convenient. Here existence publicly tragedy. Anyway, environment is not one of my person, others uses convenient bag, I do not use , isn't that is to have suffered loss? Under this kind of ideological role, may imagine: " plastic shopping bag paid use " will surely deviate from the original intention of system designer.

Say further so long as have demand, so, the stipulation of " prohibit production, sales and use exceed thin plastic shopping bag " must be also existed in name only. Under this kind of condition, after all should why furthest go up the harm of alleviation white pollution? The author thinks that emploies administrative means to prohibit production , though not lose is a kind of have to good choice, prohibit no better than from legal layer surface. Besides, should still play the role of encouragement mechanism fully, if for use trade company or the consumer of bamboo basket and paper bag, country should praise in the two aspects of economy and honor , advocates that all use the shopping tool of environmental protection. Only so, just cure white pollution probably.