Quality inspection science丨Common sense of degradable plastic shopping bags

company-news | Time:2023-08-10

  Plastic shopping bags are consumables in daily life. About 3 billion plastic bags are used every day in our country. While plastic shopping bags provide convenience for consumers, they also cause serious waste of energy resources and environmental pollution due to reasons such as excessive use and inadequate recycling.
On January 16, 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Plastic Pollution", which stated:
1. Prohibit and restrict the use of non-degradable plastic shopping bags, disposable plastic tableware, disposable plastic supplies for hotels and hotels, and express plastic packaging bags.
2. In shopping malls, pharmacies, supermarkets and other places, promote the use of non-plastic or degradable plastic products such as environmentally friendly cloth bags and paper bags.
3. Promote the use of straw-coated lunch boxes and degradable plastic shopping bags that meet performance and food safety requirements in the field of food delivery. On May 1, 2020, GB/T 38079-2019 "Starch-based Plastic Shopping Bags (Including Amendment No. 1)" and GB/T 38082-2019 "Biodegradable Plastic Shopping Bags" were promulgated and implemented, marking the degradable plastics The shopping bag is officially on the market.

Degradable plastic refers to a plastic material that can be biodegraded under specific environmental conditions after use while meeting its performance and safety indicators. According to the degradation mechanism, it can be divided into biodegradable plastics, photodegradable plastics and chemically degradable plastics. wait. At present, biodegradable plastics are mainly circulated in the market, such as starch-based and polylactic acid, which are fully degradable plastic products. Their biggest feature is that they can be completely decomposed into water and carbon dioxide under the action of microorganisms. Realize the true sense of green environmental protection. However, due to the particularity of raw materials, the performance of biodegradable plastic shopping bags is significantly different from that of ordinary plastic shopping bags:

1. The thickness of the biodegradable plastic shopping bag is not less than 0.015mm;

2. The sealing strength of the bottom of the shopping bag has different limit values according to the different nominal load-bearing, the minimum is only 2N/15mm;

3. The impact of falling darts varies according to the nominal thickness, and the quality of the falling darts is different, the minimum is only 20g;

4. The biodegradation rate of the material is not less than 60%.

Based on the above four points, it can be seen that the strength of degradable plastic shopping bags of the same specification is significantly lower than that of ordinary plastic shopping bags, so the following points should be paid attention to during use:

1. Look at the specification size and nominal load-bearing information marked on the body of the shopping bag, and choose a suitable shopping bag according to the contents.

2. Plastic bags containing fruits, vegetables, raw meat or cooked food should be marked with "food use" or "QS".

3. Degradable plastic shopping bags can be used many times, but during the recycling process, attention should be paid to the cleaning and disinfection of plastic bags, and avoid long-term use at high or low temperatures.

4. Plastic shopping bags should be stored out of the reach of children to prevent suffocation and other injuries.

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