Why Chengdu “Blankness” Is Difficult

The State Economic and Trade Commission recently reaffirmed the “ban on bans”, and all sectors of society in Chengdu responded strongly. Today, most of Chengdu's convenience food manufacturing companies that use large packaging materials have adopted environmentally-friendly cutlery, but disposable foam plastic tableware is still unimpeded in Chengdu. Businesses have no scruples, restaurants are well-served, and diners do not care. Why is it difficult to effectively implement the "ban" in Chengdu? Consumers: "The ban is the government's worrying thing." In the streets of Chengdu, "white pollution" is still flooding. Consumers seem to be used to seeing "white pollution". The reporter did not see a diner protesting or rejecting it. They told reporters that foamed tableware does not necessarily contaminate food. The "ban" is also the main concern of the government. The largest use of foam plastic lunch boxes is small restaurants, noodle shops, snack stalls, fast food restaurants, farmers' markets, urban-rural junctions, schools surrounding areas, and a number of places for people's activities. The reporter saw in the well-known plastic trading area of ​​the Chengdu Hehuachi Market that dozens of wholesalers were lined up at booths and were also selling plastic foam lunch boxes. The buyers were mostly catering business owners from Chengdu and Sichuan. There are hundreds of thousands of transactions. These "white pollution" are mainly produced in Chongqing, Wuhan, Zhejiang and Chengdu. The reporter learned from the inquiry that it was precisely because the “ban on whites” was on the verge of swiftness that everyone was eager to make more money. According to environmental protection experts, white pollution in Chengdu is very serious at present, and it is impossible for the media alone to expose and criticize it to be truly “banned.” It must launch large-scale and diverse propaganda campaigns like “drug fights” and cause the whole society. With regard to the harmfulness of "white pollution" and the great importance attached to the importance of environmental protection, everyone has come to "ban" and only has the masses. During the survey, the reporter noticed that many large convenience food manufacturers in Chengdu used their packaging materials. They had already taken the initiative to refuse foaming tableware. Relevant person in charge of the Chengdu Unified Enterprise told reporters that they had completely stopped using foaming materials at the beginning of this year. The reporters saw in major supermarkets and shopping malls in Chengdu that Master, Fudan, Huafeng, Guangyou, Nongxin and other branded boxes (barrels) of instant noodles and fans have all used environmentally friendly packaging. User: I can't sacrifice too much interest. When the environmental protection hero Chengdu market, the wholesale price of foam plastic tableware is 7 cents each (as recently as as low as 5 points), and the cheapest straw meal box in environmental protection tableware wholesale price is 0. .2 yuan, high-grade wood pulp, pulp boxes wholesale price between 0.3 to 0.5 yuan, the spread between the two up to 3 to 7 times. The largest users of disposable lunch boxes are fast food restaurants and small restaurants, and an important part of their operating costs is lunch boxes. A fast food owner said: “The cost of using environmentally friendly tableware is a few cents higher than that of foaming tableware. Our profit margins are already calculated in terms of gross margins. How can I afford it?” In fact, the owners of the fast food industry and food and beverage outlets We have already understood that "bans" are unavoidable. They are also willing to understand and implement them, but they will not sacrifice too much economic interest to act as environmental heroes. The price of environmental protection tableware is high. Can manufacturers contribute to lowering costs and selling prices? The source quoted Dong Jinshi, deputy director of the China Packaging Resources Comprehensive Utilization Committee, as an analysis: a small-scale production line for the production of disposable foam plastic utensils will have an investment of about 3 million yuan, which can produce 80 million annually; and invest in a small light-biodegradable polypropylene tableware. The production line is about 800,000 yuan, with an annual output of 40 million. It seems that the latter investment is lower, but the amount of materials used is not. A foamed tableware requires only 5 grams of material, while a light-biodegradable polypropylene tableware requires 15 grams of material; therefore, the actual cost of the latter is more than twice that of the former. It is understood that due to the environmental protection tableware industry has just started, coupled with the current "white pollution" still account for a large market share, taking into account the market demand and investment funds to expand the interactive relationship between production scale, environmental protection tableware is also difficult to substantially reduce the price in the near future, apportioned "banned White "cost. People in the industry believe that the key issue of “white ban” is the economic interests of all parties. Under the conditions of a market economy, the "ban" behavior must be affected by the laws of the market, and the conflict between the economic interests of all parties is inevitable. To solve this problem, we must find the answer from the market laws: cultivate and stimulate the market demand for environmentally friendly tableware, in order to ultimately obtain the balance of interests of producers, users and consumers. Experts: Green tableware investment should be carefully calculated according to relevant departments in Chengdu. At present, only Chengdu urban areas consume more than 800,000 fast food lunch boxes each year, and the annual consumption will reach 300 million; if all are replaced by environmentally friendly tableware, this business opportunity will be Over 100 million yuan. Then count the consumption of Chengdu instant noodles, white fans, Guangyou fans in Mianyang, and other cities in the province, and 300 million and 100 million yuan will have to double. However, the current environmental protection tableware in Chengdu is far from meeting the market demand after the “ban ban”. The reporter learned from the Chengdu Environmental Protection Bureau that there are currently only 67 or so environmental tableware manufacturers in the city, and some production lines are still under construction. Relevant persons estimate that their actual total annual output will not exceed 300 million, and the market gap will not be less than the same number. According to the analysis of experts, the environmental protection tableware industry needs higher technological content and greater capital investment. If investors do not specify the positioning of their products, they do not fully understand the relevant national standards and domestic and foreign information in the industry, blindly introduce technology and Research and development of molds may result in mistakes in investment decisions. They believe that the relevant state departments and the Chengdu government will formulate scientific industrial policies to guide and support the healthy development of the industry.