Nonwoven bags are not environmentally friendly

Nov 30
08:25

2011

David Yvon

David Yvon

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Environmental protection is a fashionable topic of the eternal. Along with the "plastic limit" of the introduction of "non-woven shopping bag" is not well known by one of the "ugly duckling" into a well-known green "star": on the one hand the major business of purchasing large quantities, distributed on the other hand more and more consumed by shopping with it.

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However,Nonwoven bags are not environmentally friendly Articles the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Committee of green packaging has been professional bodies such as the "Beijing Evening News," issued to merchants and consumers of tips: "non-woven bags" is also plastic, long-term heavy use of fear will become a plastic bag after another huge white pollution."We should pay attention to whether the new environmentally friendly alternatives." China Environmental Science Society of Professional Committee of green packaging third Secretary-General, Dr. Hui said, the use of reusable basket and bag is the best alternative; However, inconvenient to carry, the role of single, relatively high cost has limited their characteristic use. Thus, low cost, portable nonwoven bags have become the most widely accepted alternative.Runner-up, Dr. Hui also suggests that some businesses, specifically in shopping malls, extensive use of paper bags are also desirable. As the paper although the degradation in the natural environment, but in the papermaking process in the formation of energy resources consumption and environmental pollution is more severe than the plastic shopping bags. According to the American Chemical Society statistics, manufacturing raw materials required for plastic grocery bags less than 40%, 1 pound of plastic than the energy needed to produce one pound of paper needed to produce 91% less energy, rpet bag compared with plastic, paper bags the manufacture and use of multi-gas emissions by 70% occurred.It is understood that, in the "plastic limit" has just introduced, there may be the use of Chinese Academy of Sciences called for the full implementation of biodegradable plastic shopping bags. Runner-up, Dr. Hui said that this bag has a full mature production technology, recycle bag it can complete biodegradable, and does not consume oil and other non-renewable resources. However, its capital is about twice as high than the average plastic bag. But, still, said Dr. quarter, full implementation should be complete use of biodegradable plastic shopping bags, "only a certain amount of procurement, production capital will naturally come down.""We should pay attention to whether the new environmentally friendly alternatives." China Environmental Science Society of Professional Committee of green packaging third Secretary-General, Dr. Hui said, the use of reusable basket and bag is the best alternative; However, inconvenient to carry, the role of single, relatively high cost has limited their characteristic use. Thus, low cost, portable non-woven bags have become the most widely accepted alternative.However, the "non-woven" is not the bag, it is actually plastic raw materials, including PP (polypropylene, 62% of the total) and PE (polyester, 24% of the total) two, they not only can not be degraded , and will soon make extensive use of non-renewable resources such as oil formed huge consumption. Beijing Vice-President of Merchants Association, said high waves, non-woven bags as a transitional product is understandable, but the extensive use of fear will become a large plastic bag after another the white pollution.