The Hong Kong government passed the “Product Environmental Responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2023” on October 18 last year to control disposable plastic tableware and other plastic products. The first phase will be implemented on April 22 this year, and the second phase will be in 2025 ,Details are as follows:
1. Control of disposable plastic tableware
It is prohibited to sell disposable plastic tableware locally and prohibit catering establishments from providing customers with nine types of disposable plastic tableware, including styrofoam tableware, drinking straws, stir sticks, eating utensils, plates, cups, cup lids, food containers, and food container lids. . Phase 1 includes a ban on the sale and provision of styrofoam tableware and four other types of disposable plastic tableware that are small in size and difficult to recycle or have mature alternatives to takeaway customers, and prohibit catering establishments from providing all nine types of disposable plastic tableware to dine-in customers. Plastic tableware; as for the second phase, all controls will be fully implemented.
2. Other plastic products
Control the manufacture, sale and supply of disposable plastic products, such as cotton swabs, glow sticks, party hats, umbrella bags, plastic toothpicks, hotel and guesthouse toiletries, non-medical transparent disposable plastic gloves, etc.
Among them, plastic toothpicks will be banned from sale in April this year, while dental floss picks will be banned from 2025. OFresh, a supplier of toothpick brushes, announced on social platforms earlier, “In compliance with the latest Hong Kong Product Environmental Responsibility Bill, OFresh toothpick brushes will cease to be sold in Hong Kong starting from April 22, 2024. We thank you for your continued support and You are invited to visit our official website or any of the following retail stores to purchase the last batch of toothpick brushes before April 2024.” At the same time, OFresh is currently launching a clearance campaign, selling toothpick brushes at deeply discounted prices. “If you want to keep the toothpick brush for future use, please seize this last opportunity.”
As soon as the news came out, it immediately triggered a heated discussion among netizens. Some people left messages asking, “All toothpick brushes? Or just OFresh?” OFresh dental brushes will be discontinued,” and pointed out that Hong Kong’s new law on April 22 prohibits the sale of plastic dental brushes. After the suspension, there should be no way to buy them in Hong Kong.
After seeing this, some netizens laughed and said, “We have to use branches (in the future), and all glues have been stopped in Hong Kong” and suggested that everyone should stock up as soon as possible, or buy toothpicks and brushes on Taobao in the future. “Taobao will also There is no problem if I buy it, if the profits are sent back to the mainland, all business in Hong Kong will die.”
source:OFresh Hong Kong、press release
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