According to the latest notice from the General Office of the State Council, starting from June 1 this year, all supermarkets, shopping malls, and bazaars and other retail establishments must not provide plastic shopping bags free of charge. As of the time of the press release, 100,000 people had already taken part in a portal site survey on the use of plastic bags. More than half of the respondents said that there are no free plastic bags and shopping habits will be affected. Earlier, according to a survey conducted by the Social Investigation Center of this newspaper and the Sina News Center, 73.9% of the 1,786 interviewees stated that they would agree if their location is subject to plastic shopping bag charges.
In a random survey of customers in some shopping malls and supermarkets in Beijing, it was found that many consumers had a conflicting attitude towards the cancellation of free plastic bags. Almost all the respondents expressed their willingness to do their best for the protection of the environment. However, others said that the lack of plastic bags may be inconvenient. Ms. Lei, who just bought a bag of pork chops from Daoxiang Village, suggested that customers who do not use plastic shopping bags can be given small rewards when they start implementing the new regulations. Gradually enhance people's awareness of environmental protection.
Zhang Dam, who came out of the Chongwenmen food market, heard that the nation’s prohibition on providing plastic shopping bags for free since June 1 was very surprising: “It’s too inconvenient. If you want to buy something, you can bring a bag in advance, but if you want to Suddenly want to buy things in the middle of the road, no bags more trouble. "A considerable number of respondents said they would seriously consider what the future of shopping.
The State Office’s notice calls for re-weaving cloth bags, re-feeding baskets, reusing durable shopping bags, reducing the use of plastic bags, and guiding enterprises to simplify commodity packaging, actively selecting green and environmentally friendly packaging bags, and encouraging enterprises and social forces to provide free The masses provided reusable shopping bags such as cloth bags.
Different from consumer ambivalence, most businesses have expressed their support. Sun Jianhua, a staff member of the Fangzhuang Carrefour store, said: "This rule is good and it should be promoted." Sun Jianhua, 40, said that 20 or 30 years ago, people were holding shopping baskets and cloth bags to buy things. It was very good. of.
The reporter noticed that Fangzhuang Carrefour had set up a green channel at checkout counters No. 21, 22, and 23. Shoppers took these three green channels to give priority to payment, but the mall did not provide free plastic shopping bags. If shopping bags are required, shopping malls provide handbags that can be used multiple times. Each bag costs 2 yuan.
Around 6:00 pm, when the crowds in the supermarket surged, a considerable number of customers at the cash register had already queued up. However, few of the three green channel checkout desks were patronized.
Some customers, seeing very few cashiers, rushed to pay their bills. As soon as they heard that they did not provide free plastic shopping bags, they immediately turned to other cashiers.
Miss Tian, ​​who is responsible for collecting money at the Green Channel, always tells customers who pay bills to come forward that they do not provide free plastic shopping bags. "If you scan the price of a product without first knowing it clearly, the customer would have a lot of opinions when he heard that he didn't provide plastic bags," said Ms. Tian.
Chen Jing, who worked in front of the cash register to provide free plastic shopping bags, said: “Some customers want to use plastic bags as garbage bags, and several times because our cashiers did not complain about the plastic bags.â€
In addition to large supermarkets, some retail stalls are also large consumers of plastic bags. Zhou, the master who is looking at the store, is very supportive of this rule. He said that it can reduce costs.