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2021年6月27中午来自新西兰环保部消息,政府宣布对问题塑料采取行动!
环境部长大卫·帕克今天宣布,政府已兑现承诺,到2025年7月逐步淘汰问题塑料和一些一次性塑料。
将逐步淘汰的塑料将是:
· 难以回收由PVC和聚苯乙烯制成的食品和饮料包装以及一些可降解塑料产品(如牛和照片可降解)。
· 一次性塑料制品,包括饮料搅拌机、棉芽、一次性生产袋、餐具、盘子和碗、吸管和水果标签。
“这些类型的塑料往往最终成为垃圾填埋场的废物,并造成污染,在我们的土壤,水道和海洋。减少塑料废物将改善我们的环境,并确保我们不辜负我们清洁、绿色的声誉”大卫·帕克说。
逐步淘汰不必要的和有问题的塑料将有助于减少垃圾填埋场,改善我们的回收系统,并鼓励可重复使用或对环境负责的替代品。
部长说:”新西兰人每天扔掉大约159克的塑料垃圾,使我们成为世界上垃圾处理量最高的国家之一。新西兰人告诉我们,他们支持紧急改变我们使用塑料的使用方式。去年有近八千人及商界人士响应我们的咨询,大部分市民支持这些建议。过去三年来,我们取得了良好的进展,公众和企业对2019年塑料袋禁令有强有力的支持。这意味着在垃圾填埋场或海洋中,塑料袋数量减少了10亿个,我们知道新西兰人已经做好了做更多准备”。
我们估计,这项新政策每年将从我们的垃圾填埋场或环境中清除超过 20 亿件一次性塑料物品。从2022年底开始,塑料将分三个阶段逐步淘汰,以便于更换。
部长说:”逐步淘汰的时间框架在公众要求采取紧急行动和企业调整和寻找替代产品所需的时间之间取得平衡。我们鼓励企业和人们找到可重复使用的选项。我们知道,替代品是现成的,包括可回收塑料或纸质容器。公众咨询表明,需要进一步研究一次性杯子和某些类型的扩大聚苯乙烯,用于运输冷物品或保护大型物品″。
强烈支持对咖啡杯和湿巾采取行动。政府将与工业界和其他利益攸关方合作,为这些项目制定一个计划,我们期望在2022年就下一步行动作出决定。
塑料吸管是一个特别令人关注的问题,我们致力于逐步淘汰它们,但需要努力确保不会对需要使用塑料吸管的人产生有害影响。
采取行动尽量减少废物和问题塑料是工党和绿党合作协定的一部分。
大卫·帕克还启动了 5000 万纽币的塑料创新基金,以帮助支持重新构想我们如何制造、使用和处置塑料的项目。
“塑料废物破坏了我们的景观,对我们的海洋生物可能致命。它在我们的鱼、贝类和海鸟中被发现”大卫·帕克说。
大卫·帕克说:”我们需要支持新西兰人进行创新,找到解决方案,然后扩大规模。该基金将帮助挖掘我们的集体聪明才智,找到减少塑料使用的方法,使我们使用的东西可以回收利用,以造福于环境,同时促进就业和支持经济复苏”。
资金将用于创新项目,从设计产品和包装中的废物,或采用和扩展现有技术,到更换材料和开发目前无法获得的回收解决方案。
我们预计,该基金将于2021年11月开放,将吸引来自研究机构和企业以及行业团体、社区和毛利组织的广泛申请人。
大卫·帕克说:”我们正在向低废物、低排放的循环经济迈进一步。解决塑料问题也需要跨界行动。我们希望成为解决塑料污染影响的全球解决方案的一部分。新西兰支持通过讨论在2022年联合国环境大会上达成新的全球协议来协调全球行动”。
Government takes action on problem plastics
News from the New Zealand Ministry of Environmental Protection at noon on June 27, 2021,The Government has delivered on its promise to phase out problem plastics and some single-use plastics by July 2025, Environment Minister David Parker announced today.
The plastics to be phased out will be:
· Hard to recycle food and drink packaging made from PVC and polystyrene and some degradable plastic products (e.g, oxo and photo degradable).
· Single-use plastic items, including drink stirrers, cotton buds, single-use produce bags, cutlery, plates and bowls, straws and fruit labels.
“These types of plastics often end up as waste in landfills and cause pollution in our soils, waterways and the ocean. Reducing plastic waste will improve our environment and ensure we live up to our clean, green reputation,” David Parker said.
“Phasing out unnecessary and problematic plastics will help reduce waste to landfill, improve our recycling system and encourage reusable or environmentally responsible alternatives.
“Every day, New Zealanders throw away an estimated 159 grams of plastic waste per person, making us some of the highest waste generators in the world. New Zealanders told us they support urgent change in how we use plastic. Almost 8,000 people and businesses responded to our consultation last year, and the majority supported the proposals.
“We have made good progress over the past three years and there is strong public and business support for the 2019 plastic bag ban. That meant over one billion fewer plastic bags have ended up in landfills or the ocean – and we know New Zealanders are ready to do more,” David Parker said.
“We estimate this new policy will remove more than two billion single-use plastic items from our landfills or environment each year.”
The plastics phase-outs will take place in three stages starting late 2022 for the easier to replace items.
“The timeframe for the phase-outs strikes a balance between the public call for urgent action and the time needed for businesses to adjust and for replacement products to be found,” David Parker said.
“We’re encouraging businesses and people to find reusable options. We know alternatives are readily available including recyclable plastic or paper-based containers.”
Public consultation demonstrated further work is needed on single-use cups and certain types of expanded polystyrene used to transport cold items or protect large items.
“There is strong support for taking action on coffee cups and wet wipes. The Government will work with industry and other stakeholders to develop a plan for these items and we expect to make a decision on next steps in 2022.
“Plastic straws are a particular area of concerns, and we are committed to phasing them out, but work is needed to ensure that does not have a detrimental impact on those who need to use them.”
Taking action to minimise waste and problem plastics is part of the Cooperation Agreement between the Labour and Green parties.
David Parker has also launched the $50 million Plastics Innovation Fund to help support projects that reimagine how we make, use and dispose of plastics.
“Plastic waste ruins our landscape and can be fatal to our marine life. It has been found in our fish, shellfish and seabirds,” David Parker said.
“We need to back New Zealanders to innovate, find solutions and then scale them up. The fund will help tap into our collective ingenuity to find ways to use less plastic, and make what we do use recyclable for the benefit of the environment – while also boosting jobs and supporting the economic recovery,” David Parker said.
“Funding will be available for innovative projects from designing out waste in products and packaging, or adopting and scaling up existing technologies, through to switching materials and developing recycling solutions not currently available.
“We expect the fund, which opens in November 2021, will attract a wide range of applicants from research institutes and businesses as well as sector groups, communities, and Māori organisations.
“We are moving Aotearoa New Zealand one step closer towards a low waste, low emissions circular economy,” David Parker said.
Minister Parker said addressing the plastics problem also requires action across borders.
“We want to be part of global solutions to tackle the impacts of plastic pollution. New Zealand supports coordinated global action through discussions towards a new global agreement at the United Nations Environment Assembly in 2022,” David Parker said.
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