In recent years, the "white pollution" caused by plastic products is getting worse and worse all over the world.Plastic products have caused great harm to the ocean, and the news about the death of Marine creatures eating plastic garbage is not uncommon.In order to prevent the further deterioration of the earth's environment, many countries and regions are making efforts to ban or reduce the use of plastic products and cultivate people's awareness of environmental protection.
The global coffee chain giant starbucks has announced it will outlaw the use of plastic straws in its 28,000 stores by 2020 in response to a campaign against single-use plastic products.
In fact, the topic of environmental protection, the Japanese are very vocal.
Japanese people attach great importance to the environmental pollution of plastic, and even some supermarkets are willing to increase the cost and provide free cartons to reduce the use of plastic bags.
In addition, Japan's garbage classification is very strict.Most countries can only be divided into "recyclable", "not recyclable" two categories, but Japan is divided into many categories, and classification is very fine: flammable waste, non-flammable waste, paper, glass bottles, cans, metal, plastic bottles...Different kinds of rubbish need to be packed in different bags.
For used and recyclable plastic bottles, it is usually necessary to unscrew the cap, uncover the plastic trademark, wash the bottle with water, compress the bottle, and put it into a transparent or translucent plastic bag.Most of the combustible waste needs to be cut down to less than 0.5m, otherwise it is "large waste", which requires money to throw away.
After a rigorous sorting process is completed, the waste site is again screened for any waste it receives.What about the recycled waste?In general, combustible waste can be burned and eventually used to generate electricity.A lot of Japanese families are in the yard plant flowers, grass and bonsai plants, will produce a lot of plant branches and leaves of garbage, is a good fuel for power generation.For "white trash" such as lunch boxes and plastic bags, the Japanese separate them and recycle them.