Reflections On Legislation To Prohibit Or Restrict The Disposable Consumer Goods

Disposable consumer goods, refers to items that used only once then discarded.Disposable consumer goods has a very wide range, such as disposable medical needletube, family used paper towels, plastic convenient bags, and so on. Nearly everyonehas a one-time consumption.The beginning of disposable consumer has profound social background, mainlyinclude the following three aspects: The first is the level of socio-economic.Economic development and scientific and technological advances brings greatmaterial wealth, and it is the basic conditions of disposable consumption. Secondly isethical perspective. Disposable consume is the product of the contradiction ofmaterialism expansion and exianition, Finally, the theory of overcome alienConsumption advocates that the capitalist system produces alienation consumerphenomenon, which lead to the proliferation of disposable consumer behavior. In thiscontext, the proliferation of disposable consumer goods bring great harm to humans,which performance for the following areas: serious waste of resources issues, whichexacerbated the tight resource situation in China; great environmental pollution,which create a lot of garbage disaster; health issues, there are serious health risksbehind many disposable consumer goods, which lead to the occurrence and spread ofthe disease.Because of the greatly damage caused by disposable consumer behavior, we needregulation it by legislative. China and other countries in the world all have legislativeon Prohibit or restrict the disposable consumer goods, mainly concentrated in the twomajor aspects: environmental taxes, recycling economy and "plastic limit orders". Legislative restrictions or bans on disposable consumer goods of foreigncountries. First, the environmental tax and preferential tax policies. There is nospecial tariff lines on disposable consumer goods abroad today, only can levy indirecttax on disposable consumer goods through the ecological and environmentalprotection tax. In addition, foreign government has also imposed a series of green taxpreferential policies, such as direct tax relief, investment tax credits, accelerateddepreciation, and so on. Secondly, foreign "plastic limit". compensation for the use ofplastic bags is a common choice for the international community, and the world hasintroduced a variety of policies and regulations restricting the use of plastic bags,representative of the main South Korea, the United States and the United Kingdom.Finally, Circular Economy Legislation on disposable consumer goods. Take Germanyand Japan for example, although there is not specific policies and regulations ofdisposable consumer goods in Germany and Japan’ circular economy, but manyaspects of their legal provisions are related to the restrictions of disposable consumergoods, such as waste recycling and reduction of emissions.Domestic legislative restrictions or bans on disposable consumer goods. Chinadoes not have a unified and clear laws to regulate disposable consumer goods, andmore are fragmented. First, the consumption tax on disposable consumer goods. Fordisposable consumer goods, the law only levy a5%consumption tax on disposablewooden chopsticks, and does not involve other disposable consumer goods. Fordisposable consumer goods tax legislation, there are still many shortcomings, such asthe consumption tax law legislation lags behind, flawed and tax of the tax base andlack of transparency. Second, China’s "limited plastic." The implementation of the"plastic limit" get some success, it play a great role in promoting rational use ofresources and protection of the ecological environment. However, its implementationdoes not achieve the desired results, perform difficult "problems. Thirdly, China’s Circular Economy Promotion Law and disposable consumer. China’s "CircularEconomy Promotion Law" clearly determine the principle of reduction, recycling,resource. At the same time, it build a series of systems to promote the realization ofrecycling economy, and this also applies to the recycling of disposable consumergoods.To achieve effective regulation of disposable consumer goods, we can adjust theconsumption tax as well as improve the circular economy legislation. By establishinga special principle of tax fairness, tax efficiency and tax, we can adjust the level of theconsumption tax; additional disposable consumer goods tariff lines, and levy asseveral independent tariff lines; adjust the tax base and tax rates flexibility, implementthe price of foreign tax, and make an appropriate increase in the tax rate. In thecircular economy legislative level, must strictly control the environmental impact ofdisposable consumer goods by production building and circulation and consumption.We should also establish an incentive legal system. However, it is very important toadhere to the principle of distinction. For non-degradable disposable consumer goodsthat can not be recycled, we can only grab the source of production start, restrict orprohibit the production and sales; for inevitable disposable consumer goods, we canonly do the regulation efforts.In short, development of humans and nature harmonious, and the sustainabledevelopment of human society, must have the appropriate and effective measures as aguarantee. Population, resources and environment coordinated operation, economic,social and environmental benefits of harmony and unity, and thus lay the foundationfor the realization of the free and comprehensive development.