Setting up recycling bins for takeaway lunch boxes is a good way to protect the environment

The Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission recently introduced that it will select some areas where takeaway is concentrated in Changping, Chaoyang, Shunyi, Xicheng and other districts as pilots, set up separate takeaway lunch box recycling bins at garbage sorting points, carry out large-scale takeaway plastic lunch box recycling, and explore the establishment of a "recycling site-community transfer station-renewable resource sorting center" of the whole chain recycling system of lunch boxes. (According to a report by Beijing Daily on October 28)

Nowadays, ordering takeout at your fingertips has become a consumption habit for many people. Statistics show that as of December 2022, the number of online takeaway users in China has reached 521 million. While the scale of online ordering continues to expand, the problem of waste generated by takeaway lunch boxes continues to attract attention. After eating, consumers often throw take-out lunch boxes and other garbage into the trash can, wasting resources and polluting the environment.

In fact, after recycling and processing, takeaway lunch boxes can be widely used in automotive, electronic appliances and home furnishing industries. In February this year, Meituan Tsingshan planned to work with Chenguang to create the first carbon-neutral stationery in China, providing more possibilities for the recycling of takeaway lunch boxes. Turning takeaway lunch boxes into treasure is a good way to save resources and an important embodiment of the level of social civilization.

A large number of single-use plastic lunch boxes have not been effectively recycled, in addition to the lack of understanding of their value, the lack of sorting and recycling facilities is also an important reason. Beijing has set up a special take-out lunch box recycling bin, which clearly conveys the information that take-out lunch boxes can be recycled, and provides a place for recycling, which reflects the idea of fine management of garbage classification and helps people develop a good habit of scientific disposal of take-out lunch boxes.

The good initiative of setting up recycling bins for takeaway lunch boxes needs to be widely publicized. There are more ways to try to make people aware of the importance of the initiative and where the trash cans are located. At the same time, it is advisable to recruit some volunteers to remind and persuade the public to put the takeaway lunch boxes into the corresponding trash cans. In addition, incentive mechanisms such as "points for gifts" can also be flexibly used - points can be awarded for each correct delivery of takeaway lunch boxes, and points can be exchanged for corresponding items when they reach a certain amount, so as to improve people's enthusiasm.

The small packaging of takeaway lunch boxes is a big issue related to green development. Everyone is a beneficiary and a participant in the recycling of takeaway lunch boxes. If we take action together, we can avoid waste on takeaway packaging to the greatest extent, form a green life concept, and develop green living habits.