The reeds of Wuliangsuhai don't have to rot in the water

It takes three 10-year-old poplars to make one cubic meter of finished panels, and on the assembly line of Inner Mongolia Jijia New Material Technology Co., Ltd., the consumables have changed from three poplars to one ton of reeds.

"At present, the plant is capable of producing 150,000 cubic meters of panels per year, which can reduce the felling of 450,000 adult trees. In the factory behind him, the machine rumbled, and the reeds that were supposed to rot in the lake became important raw materials for production, and were reborn through the processes of harvesting, crushing, grinding, and glue mixing, and turned into strong boards.

These reeds originate from the Wuliangsuhai at the top of the Yellow River's "Jizi Bay" and nearby rivers and lakes, and are annual plants that must be harvested every year or they will rot in the water.

"I had a headache when I thought about these reeds. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Bayannur City Ecological Environment Bureau staff introduced. After the paper mill stopped production, the reeds had nowhere to go, and a large area of reeds rotted in the lake, which aggravated the eutrophication of the water body, and had an impact on the stability of the water quality of Wuliangsuhai and even the Yellow River. At the same time, reed decay also produces gases such as carbon dioxide, which increases carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

"The existing production line can 'eat' more than 80,000 tons of reeds in Wuliangsuhai and all the reeds within 500 kilometers in the vicinity, indirectly contributing to the protection of the Yellow River. Zhang Bingkun was very proud to say it.

Not only that, according to expert calculations, every 1 cubic meter of reed environmental protection board can reduce 1.2 tons - 1.4 tons of carbon emissions, and a lot of manpower is also needed in the production process of the board, which can provide more than 150 jobs for the local area, and the production of reed board has achieved a double harvest of ecological and economic benefits.

"The Yellow River Basin and other river basins can lay out more such reed processing plants to improve the level of reed resource utilization. Song Yonghui, deputy director of the National Joint Research Center for Ecological Protection and High-quality Development of the Yellow River Basin, said. In the future, more discarded reeds will be turned into boards, transformed into doors, cabinets, bathroom cabinets and other daily necessities, serving people's livelihood in a new form.