More than 1,000 enterprises related to garbage classification were registered in 2019, according to data from the tianyan survey.On July 1 alone, six companies registered.Last week, 53 more companies were registered.

“Since the implementation of garbage classification in Shanghai, relevant keywords, search volume and transaction volume have all increased to varying degrees on e-commerce platforms such as taobao, jingdong and pinduoduo,” cao lei, director of esa-e-commerce research center, told science and technology daily. “the industrial ‘new blue ocean’ has taken the lead in the ‘surrounding area’.”

While the sales of garbage cans on various e-commerce platforms have doubled and the business of second-hand idle goods trading on e-commerce platforms has increased, business opportunities for some “emerging businesses” that seem to have little technological content but actually solve consumers’ minor troubles have surged.Among them, the service has become so popular that many express delivery companies, second-hand e-commerce companies and delivery platforms have tried to launch the new service.WeChat search “garbage classification” keywords, garbage classification about the small procedures have soared to more than 100, alipay platform garbage classification small procedures, the cumulative number of new users has exceeded one million.

“It seems so simple, but many people are surprised to find that they can’t distinguish the types of garbage,” cao lei said.Entrepreneurs get a good entry point for traffic and get a head start on further business development.”

When “trash” becomes the new track for entrepreneurship, some of the long-standing inherent problems will be further addressed.

Food industry is the front end of the garbage classification, cooperatives – net e-commerce research center special researcher, special researcher at the Chinese academy of logistics XieXiaoWen said that the strict implementation of garbage classification, will reduce the take-out industry pollution impact on the social environment, the previous scattered the huge amount of food and beverage white trash, is expected to mass, intensive processing, food residue and leftover soup garbage pollution will be under control.

Many consumers know that a large number of takeaway food boxes, packaging bags and tableware in household garbage are non-degradable plastic products, but they may not know that if takeaway food boxes are treated together with residual food, the degradation time of food that can be decomposed quickly in the soil will be extended several times.This is also the reason why garbage classification requires the disposal of food boxes and leftovers.

Dong yizhi, a lawyer with Beijing yida (Shanghai) law firm and a special researcher of ecosa-e-commerce research center, said that the garbage problem, safety and health risks caused by takeaway meal boxes have always existed, but the attention is not enough, and the whole industry has no relatively uniform standards on takeaway meal boxes and tableware.In order to truly solve the problem from the perspective of environmental protection and energy regeneration, all departments need to coordinate and work together on the details.

The third batch of national forest trail passes through 7 provinces (cities) including heilongjiang, anhui, henan, hubei, hunan, chongqing and guizhou, along which there are 33 national forest parks, 25 national nature reserves and other protected areas.

The trail, which is made up of dirt roads and gravel roads, preserves the surrounding natural wilderness landscape and effectively avoids the migration routes of wildlife populations, keeping a safe distance from the habitats of rare wild animals and plants, according to a person in charge of the forest tourism work leading group of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

Sanitary landfill technology occupies more land.With the development of urbanization in China, the densely populated central and eastern regions and large cities are facing the situation of “no land to bury”, so incineration power generation is the main choice of waste treatment technology in the future.However, sanitary landfill still plays an auxiliary role in garbage disposal in these areas: disposal of residual materials generated after incineration, and some construction wastes that are not suitable for incineration;As a backup site for emergency disposal of municipal solid waste.Therefore, landfill still plays a fundamental role and is indispensable for any city.In some areas, there is land available to be buried, but due to the “nimby effect”, people are not allowed to dispose of garbage next to their own homes, making it difficult to choose a site for sanitary landfill.

Composting is the most effective way to dispose of kitchen waste.In urban household garbage, kitchen garbage, non-recyclable garbage, recyclable garbage accounted for about 1/3.The recyclable garbage can be used comprehensively in all stages of recycling.If the separated kitchen waste can be recycled well, the amount of garbage can be cut in half.

Then, how to promote the classification and reduction of urban waste?The German approach, in the order of source reduction, recycling (including composting), incineration and recycling, and landfill treatment, stipulates that the next layer of technology can only be used if the first layer of technology cannot be used.

In view of the main disposal methods of municipal solid waste in China, the primary method of garbage classification is wet and dry separation.If the household kitchen waste is mixed with other household waste, it is easy to deteriorate, rot and breed bacteria, and becomes a pollution source in the process of garbage collection, transportation and terminal treatment.During landfill, mosquitoes and flies will breed and produce odor and leachate, while incineration will affect calorific value and produce dioxins.After the wet waste is separated, the leachate in the landfill can be reduced and the operating cost of sewage treatment in the landfill can be reduced.The total amount of waste decreased, which also extended the life of the landfill.For waste incineration plant, it not only reduces the treatment cost of leachate, but also optimizes the composition of incineration waste and improves the calorific value of waste.

From the point of view of waste end treatment, local governments should pay attention to the development of waste composting technology.Classification and collection is only the front-end of garbage disposal, and the effect of garbage classification is largely dependent on the back-end recycling, resource utilization and garbage disposal.From the whole waste treatment process, if the end of the treatment link is not, the front end of the classification will become a useless.At present, landfill or incineration is the main waste treatment method in large and medium-sized cities in China.In some cities and towns, there is only one way of garbage disposal: landfill. Since there is no garbage composting plant, the kitchen waste is recycled by private workshops and fed to pigs and fish, resulting in “garbage pigs” and “garbage fish”, or the use of swill to refine gutter oil.Therefore, it is an urgent issue to promote harmless composting of kitchen waste.

In addition, the local government should also seize the residents of garbage classification disposal this basic link.Adopt propaganda, supervision and reward to guide residents to do a good job in household garbage classification.The street organization community union own characteristic carries on the propaganda, guides the resident to classify consciously.At the same time, the community can establish a resident instructor supervision system.At present, some areas have tried to set up an instructor for every 50 households to supervise the classification of households that do not meet the requirements.The community supervised the resident instructors to check their attendance rate and sorting quality.The community rewards the residents who have done a good job in classifying, which can boost their enthusiasm.In addition, also want to play the main role of property company in garbage classification, property company can ask cleaners to do a good job in the second sorting and garbage bag work.

Look at the number:

The number of takeaway users nationwide has grown to 358 million, with multiple disposable meal boxes and tableware in each serving

Gao Yang, born in the 1990s and living in Beijing, is a loyal user of takeout, ordering almost every day.Before 10 am, gao Yang opened the APP again and ordered a steamed bun and a bowl of wonton for 24 yuan.Because before 10 am is the breakfast time of this shop, the price is cheaper, gao Yang specially placed an order in advance.This regular customer already knows how to save more money.

About half an hour later, the takeaway was delivered successfully, and the food was spread out in front of us with all kinds of packaging. The packaging was a paper bag designed by the merchants.Rou jia mo is a paper package with plastic film on the inside;There was also a paper-sealed cutlery containing wooden chopsticks, log paper towels, plastic white spoons, toothpicks and sugar-free mints.

After eating them all, gao Yang paid special attention. Although the food was simple rou jia mo and wonton, the amount of garbage was not small: wooden chopsticks, toothpicks;All paper packaging, meal boxes, paper towels;Plastic LIDS, spoons and even unused items, such as toothpicks and extra paper towels, went into the trash.

Order more take-out, gaoyang has seen a variety of packaging, the difference is mainly in the lunch box.“Depending on the type of food, different stores use different packaging.”‘soup rice, for example, would be wrapped in a tin foil box with a layer of cardboard on the outside,’ Mr. Gao said.Dumplings afraid of adhesion, packaging boxes will have a lot of plastic lattice, also sub on the lower layer;Liquid food, such as porridge, has a high temperature and USES waterproof paper materials.And milk tea and other drinks in addition to the drink box will also send milk tea, plastic, paper materials are different…

With each order of takeaway, such a package of garbage will be generated in meal boxes, tableware and packaging bags. Considering the huge user base of takeaway, the scale is not to be underestimated.

According to a report by imedia consulting, by 2018, the number of takeout users in China had grown to 358 million, with the total takeout market exceeding 240 billion yuan.Previously, data from several major delivery platforms showed that the average unit price of takeaways has exceeded 40 yuan. If this is roughly estimated, in 2018, more than 10 million takeaways will be sent out and sold every day, and the number of food boxes and other packages delivered to consumers will also be 10 million.

According to zheng yixing, founder of Beijing benlifo environmental protection technology co., LTD., according to his company’s field statistics, there are at least three disposable plastic food boxes in each takeaway.Their company once cooperated with the garbage collectors under an office building in Beijing to sort the garbage collected from the property every day. It was found that the weight of take-away garbage accounted for at least 40%, some even 50%, and the volume accounted for 60-70% of the household garbage generated by the office building.

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The packaging of material such as casserole, porcelain dish appears more and more, but consumer puts doubt to use for many times

With the development of the take-out industry, merchants began to improve the packaging of meal boxes.

Luo maolin, a white-collar worker in Shanghai, recently ordered a meal with a unit price of less than 30 yuan.Check the restaurant on the delivery platform, and the reason for choosing casserole packaging is detailed on the page.On the one hand, earth-fired containers can degrade harmlessly and are more environmentally friendly.On the other hand, avoid high temperature boiling soup into plastic packaging may cause food insecurity.At the same time, the store also noted that “no additional packaging fees for goods.”

When ordering food, the packaging fee displayed on the delivery platform of the store is indeed only 2 yuan.But as a consumer, luo maolin has a different view: “the wool comes from the sheep, the casserole price has to be reduced to the cost of food.”According to insiders, when merchants enter the platform to confirm the packaging price, they need to take pictures of the food, and then choose whether they need a separate food box. If so, the platform system will display different price options. At present, most of the packaging price is 1-2 yuan.If the packaging value chosen by the merchant exceeds the price displayed on the platform, it will not be displayed on the user end. However, “the merchant will never do business at a loss”.

In interviews, many consumers said that they have received take-out packages of casseroles, porcelain plates, glass bottles and other materials, because they seem to have higher value and are used repeatedly. Some consumers also confirm with the merchants whether they need to recycle, while others believe that it is a pity to throw them away, but they are not assured about long-term use.

Ms. Shen, who works at a Beijing law firm, found a direct correlation between the “luxury” level of packaging and the price of takeout.If it is sea cucumber, abalone and other relatively expensive food, generally use casserole or glass texture containers, tableware is also made of iron, look better texture.But because these dishes are prone to breakage, they are packaged in shockproof or tightly wrapped in stiff cardboard, which adds extra packaging.Many consumers said that these tableware use is wasteful, but even then left to use, time is often thrown away, “after all, not their own purchase, do not rest assured.”

There have been revisits from takeaways, but they are rare.Guangzhou white collar qian hazelen has ordered a brand of hot pot restaurant takeaway, usher is the package to send a full set of service delivery boy.The delivery man came to the door carrying a large box containing not only containers and tableware for hot pot ingredients, but also POTS, induction cookers, rows and inserts and plastic tablecloths.“As soon as he enters the restaurant, he helps to lay out the plastic tablecloth. After eating the hot pot, he just needs to put the pot, induction cooker, lunch box and other things into the box and leave it at the door. He will collect the food according to the time he has made an appointment in advance.”For such a delivery service, all the products are labeled “no extra packaging fee”, but customers will be charged 50 yuan for the use, recycling and cleaning of POTS and stoves.

The disposal of:

Food boxes, tableware and outer packing need to be reduced, platforms and businesses can do more, garbage classification brings good

How can you help reduce waste from takeaway?In view of chopsticks, spoons and other tableware, many platforms have launched the option of automatically checking whether tableware is needed, but in practical use, there are widespread problems.

“The cutlery can be prepared and reused, which is an easy thing to do.”However, zhang tian, who is an intern in Shanghai, said, “there are often cases where the cutlery is still delivered to the delivery platform after checking the” no tableware “box. Depending on the total amount of food, several sets of tableware are sometimes delivered, and the unused ones are finally thrown away.”

In Beijing, Shanghai, guangzhou, shenzhen and other places, consumers generally reported the existence of this problem.According to insiders, in many stores, the packaging is prepared in advance, especially during the lunch period, when three or four hundred takeaways may be delivered within two hours. In order to catch up with the order, the vendors often do not distinguish one by one what is needed and what is not.“While it may not seem like a lot of time, it adds up to a lot of things, and when orders come in, they don’t care.”This also leads to a lot of places, whether to check the tableware option is meaningless.

In the case of food boxes, many consumers said that containers and outer packages such as food boxes are necessary because food has to travel several kilometers, but businesses can try to avoid excessive packaging.“For example, sometimes in order to prevent spills, businesses wrap many layers of plastic wrap around the food boxes, but they can’t unwrap them. This is not only a waste of materials, but also a great inconvenience to the environment.”Gao said.In addition, still have a few similar waist to seal, excessive and thick one-time plastic eat box, tableware to pack, ornamental function is more than use value also.

According to zheng yixing, there is still no good alternative and solution to the problem of large quantities of takeaway garbage, especially food boxes, but there is still room for efforts from all parties in the industrial chain.On the one hand, the platform can carry out stricter environmental control, including providing users with feedback channels on merchants’ performance in environmental protection, such as whether they don’t give tableware as needed, and can also use the evaluation of merchants’ environmental protection as a ranking index to guide merchants and consumers to choose more environmentally friendly dining ways.On the other hand, businesses need to be more self-disciplined, including providing customers with safer food packages and so on.

As for how to further recycle a large amount of takeaway waste, some specialized institutions and enterprises have appeared in the market.In the past, food scraps, water, grease and other recyclables in takeaway boxes were easily contaminated in the recycling process, so that they lost the value of recycling or brought high disposal costs.However, since Shanghai was the first city in the country to implement waste sorting, the recycling and reuse of takeaway waste is also seen as raising “new hopes”.

Recently, the feng gentleman that lives in south of village of cheng yuan of fengtai area reflects to our newspaper, the ground inside the village is piled up many decorate rubbish, nobody is cleared for a long time, squeezed the public space of the village, bring inconvenience to dweller life.

On August 1, the reporter came to cheng yuan nanli residential field to understand the situation.In the community 1 building 2 units before the waste letter box next to the road, the reporter saw a large area of garbage occupied.Dozens of bags were stacked together, with the words “wholesale sand cement”, “dregs, sand”, “garbage, daytime” and contact information attached.Many of the bags, which were not sealed, contained pieces of rubble, broken bricks and other construction waste.

On the side of unit of 5 of 1 building, the reporter sees a heap of decorate rubbish likewise, there is top cover to cover to cover a net, besides broken stone block, still have wooden stick, mattess, the rubbish such as paper, cigarette box is being thrown messy beside.And on the green belt between the 4th building and the 5th building of the community, there is also a pile of garbage. The reporter noticed that a lot of cars were parked in the parking space next to this pile of garbage.According to Mr. Feng, these decoration garbage pile has been for several weeks, has no one to clean up.

The reporter reflects this problem to cheng yuan nanli village property, a person in charge says, these rubbish are decorating the owner of the house to pile up, property received deposit to these owner, if owner violates relevant regulation in decorating process, property can deduct deposit correspondingly.But the owner didn’t tell the property exactly when they would be able to clean up the trash, the official said.“We certainly won’t let them pile it up for a long time, and we are monitoring it all the time. If there is too much construction waste, we will urge them to remove it as soon as possible.”