The government proposes to increase the plastic bag levy from 5 cents to 1 yuan by the end of this year, and some Members proposed to amend it to 2 yuan.
Yeung Wing-kit, a member of the Kowloon Neutrality Legislative Council, objected, believing that the plastic bag levy would increase the burden on the grassroots. Instead, the plastic bag levy should be abolished and education should be strengthened instead.
He pointed out that grassroots citizens do not have domestic helpers, so they go out to work every morning, and it is impossible to bring reusable bags every day. The increase in the levy has a great impact on the grassroots: "The point is that bringing reusable bags to the streets is grassroots, not all Hong Kong citizens? Zhong Shanshan, Director of HKBU's Master of Science in Environmental and Public Health Management, questioned
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the impact of the increase in the levy on the grassroots was not expected. CUHK will implement a garbage levy next year. Can be used as a shopping bag, and can be thrown away as a garbage bag after reuse.
Yang Yongjie criticized that the plastic bag levy put the cart before the horse, adding it to 1 yuan has no effect on the middle class, but it will greatly increase the burden on the grassroots.
He said that grassroots citizens are the most environmentally friendly group and will reuse the same plastic bags. He also said that the government once pointed out that the increase in the use of plastic bags is related to the increase in economic activities. It is unreasonable to transfer the responsibility of waste reduction to the grassroots. The burden of the public, isn’t it that all the citizens of Hong Kong shoulder the responsibility of reducing waste?” He also questioned that the current levy on plastic bags is retained by the business and not turned over to the government or used for environmental protection purposes.
Zhong Shanshan agrees to increase the levy for plastic bags, but the effect of each increase has a time limit. It is estimated that even if it is increased to 2 yuan, the effect will only be about 1 to 2 years, because a group of people with stable income will not feel "meat pain". ".
However, she pointed out that the government will implement a garbage levy in the middle of next year. The designated garbage bags have wristbands, which can be used for shopping. Citizens can reuse them many times and finally use them as garbage bags. It is believed that the plastic bag levy will have an impact on the grassroots. Not much.
Plastic bag levy︱Members urged to increase the levy to 2 yuan to make the public "flesh" Ho Chun-yin advocated to only charge 6 cents in cash for the plastic bag levy｜Proposed to increase the levy to 2 yuan to discuss Xie Weiquan: citizens have a choice whether to buy a plastic bag or not The levy is increased to 2 yuan?
Government: Step by step is more appropriate, but keep an open attitude. The group estimates that the annual consumption of plastic bags will reach 170 million. Urge the authorities to strengthen law enforcement and increase the levy to 2 yuan. The levy for plastic bags is to be doubled from 12.31 to 1 yuan. The bag levy is planned to be increased to 1 yuan Huang Jinxing: the enhanced version of the levy will be implemented, hoping that the whole people will participate in waste reduction