Although the "plastic limit order" requires a dialectical perspective to view its success or failure, the ceramic industry has seen that in the energy conservation and emission reduction issue, even the laws and regulations that are controversial in the country have not formed a system. release.

June 1 this year was issued by the General Office of the State Council on the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Restricting the Production and Sales of Plastic Shopping Bags," which is commonly known as the "plastic limit order" for the third anniversary of its implementation. The "Notice" stipulates that starting from June 1, 2008, it is forbidden throughout the country to produce, sell, and use plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.025 mm; all supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars, etc. The use of the system must not provide free plastic shopping bags.

According to data provided by the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, in the three years since the “plastic limit order” was implemented, annual use of plastic shopping bags in major retail establishments in the country has decreased by more than 24 billion, and cumulative consumption of plastics has decreased by 600,000 tons, equivalent to saving 3.6 million in oil. Tons, the use of plastic shopping bags in supermarkets and shopping malls has generally been reduced by more than two-thirds.

Behind the achievements, what is hidden is the shortcomings of policies that cannot be implemented in the long term and are effectively implemented. Today, ultra-thin plastic bags are still flooded in areas where farmers' markets are difficult to supervise, and illegal plastic bags are still used unscrupulously in shops. According to the China Food Packaging Association, the implementation of the “plastic limit order” in June 2008 reduced the number of production companies in China by more than 30,000, but now the number of production enterprises has rebounded to more than 20,000, and 80% of the companies have stopped production. Restored production. "White pollution" has emerged in the past three years as a "U-shaped" flooding road. It can be said that the "Limited Plastic Order" has become a state-mandated law and has become one of the most worthwhile domestic policies in the near future.

However, although the “plastic limit order” requires a dialectical view of its success or failure, the ceramic industry has not even formed a system in terms of energy-saving and emission reduction that even countries and countries with controversial laws have imposed. , published in clear text.

There are two sets of data in front of the eyes. First, the number of kilns in use in the country has reached 3,000, and the annual fuel consumption in the domestic ceramics industry has reached an astonishing 40 million tons, second only to the cement industry, and the efficiency of heat energy use is only 30 to 40%. Second, the furnace As the core of ceramic production, as long as the energy saving and emission reduction of the kiln industry is accomplished, in theory, ceramic production can save 50% of energy consumption, especially under the current actual conditions, dry milling, ball milling, and low temperature in the kiln. The implementation of programs such as burning and ceramic tile reduction will reduce the energy consumption of ceramics production by 10% to 15%, saving energy consumption of 7 million tons per year.

In the face of the above two sets of alarming data, the current status of energy-saving and emission-reduction in the industry is that on the one hand, the sanctions for companies with high energy consumption, high pollution, and high emissions are not enforced by the systemic mandatory standards of the relevant countries, and there is no enforcement of these standards. The compulsory measures for shutting down and rectifying are introduced; on the other hand, the series of policies and policies that can be fully promoted under the current technological conditions in the industry are also encouraged and supported by the mandatory measures that are not nationalized. It can be said that the entire ceramics The industry's energy-saving and emission reduction work is currently in a dilemma.

With the Guangdong provincial government's transfer of the ceramic industry in Guangdong, the ceramic industry has formed everywhere in the country, and it has also spawned the phenomenon of many local governments “doing nothing”. Some local governments in the process of attracting investment in the ceramic industry have done a full range of escort services to the company during the early period of the "field inspection" work. After the signing of the contract, they left the company with no choice but to give up. There are also some local governments that have adopted low-threshold or non-threshold standards for ceramic companies. All are aimed at increasing local GDP, especially in the field of energy-saving and emission-reduction, which makes the ceramic industry "Industry transfer" has become a veritable "pollution transfer."

Behind these local government inactions, there are still some local government “half acts” styles. As recently as when reporters visited a ceramic producing area in China, the person in charge of the production area told reporters that the local government recently launched an activity called “Comprehensive Evaluation of Energy Saving, Emission Reduction, Reduction of Enterprises” in the locality, which has made great efforts in transforming local energy-saving and emission-reduction A good company implements both material and spiritual rewards, but it will spend an additional tens of millions of yuan on new energy production and emission reductions. Enterprises that use the most advanced energy-saving equipment and technologies in the industry will not have any incentives.

What is gratifying is that people in the industry are aware of this, and more and more people have joined the ranks of the industry in energy-saving emission reduction data collection and policy formulation. On May 25, 2011, the China Building & Sanitary Ceramics Association Kiln and Energy Saving Technical Equipment Branch was established in Foshan. At the club's inaugural meeting, Zhai Bin, secretary general of the China Building Sanitary Ceramics Association, pointed out that the Chinese government had made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from GDP by 40 to 45% in 2005 compared to 2005, which means that the energy saving in the ceramics industry has decreased. The future of the platoon will become a matter of life and death in the relationship industry, but in such a severe form, there is no standard for low-carbon environmental protection in the domestic ceramic industry, so the establishment of the kiln and energy-saving technical equipment branch is very necessary.

In the future, the branch will work closely around the industry's energy-saving and emission reduction, organize the investigation of the state of thermal equipment and actual energy consumption data of the furnaces in each production area, provide basis for the industry's energy-saving emission reduction research and objectives, and also formulate industries for the country. Energy-saving emission reduction mandatory standards provide reference data. In contrast, in the current situation of the “three highs” in the industry, we have no right to accuse the enforcement of the “plastic limit order” - at least to govern the “white pollution”. It has sold a solid step for the low carbon standard of ceramics. Formulation, our industry is still in place. What we need is to work out the green and low-carbon mandatory standards of the industry and form a complete system under the joint efforts of the industry and enterprises.

It is believed that with the continuous strengthening of the environmental protection and crisis awareness of the relevant companies in the industry chain, under the continuous efforts of industry associations and all walks of life, the “three-high” “plastic limit” that is part of the ceramics industry governance will be fully launched in the near future. Enforced.