Research On The Policy Implementation And Its Countermeasures Of “The Restriction Of Plastic Bags”

Plastic shopping bags are consumable in everyday life.While providing convenience for the consumer,they also have caused serious waste of energy resources and environmental pollution because of excessive use and improper recycling.Based on the above issues,China began to limit the use of plastic bags from June 1,2008.To this day,the policy has been implemented for seven years.How is the implementation of this policy ? What have been achieved ? What are the problems in the process of implementation ? How can “the Restriction of Plastic Bags” play a greater role ?All around these issues,the paper is on the basis of relevant theories,using the combination of theoretical analysis and empirical analysis,social investigation and literature research for the analysis and discussion.Survey results showed that the implementation of the policy indeed has some positive influence,for example,many consumers will use less plastic bags for environmental motivation or economic factors.However,from the overall,the policy failed to effectively limit the use of plastic shopping bags.In this regard,the paper will make a thorough analysis from the policy propaganda,regulatory authorities,the use of policy tools,consumers and public participation.For the problems that exist in the policy execution and the reason analysis,and considering the actual situation such as society,economy in our country at present,the paper puts forward the corresponding countermeasures from the following aspects.First,make up the shortcoming of lack of policy advocacy from propaganda,quality and ways.Second,integrate regulatory bodies and clear responsibilities.Third,reduce the command and control policy tool and increase economic incentive policy tools;Forth,raise the price of plastic shopping bags to increase binding on consumers.Fifth,establish the system of soliciting public opinion.