Better-than-expected air quality, pollution-free public calls for "Green Spring Festival"

"Better than expected" does not mean no pollution, and the air quality in many places is worrying

Although the conditions of air pollution on New Year's Eve in multiple cities “are better than expected”, it does not mean that the discharge of fireworks did not cause serious air pollution.

The reporter saw on the streets of Beijing at 2 o'clock on the 31st of January. After the concentration of fireworks and firecrackers, the fog in the air was murky and the smell of gunpowder was still a bit bleak.

Beijing Environmental Protection Department monitoring data showed that during the peak discharge period, PM 2.5 hour concentration was in the range of 250 micrograms/cubic meter to 550 micrograms/cubic meter, although Shanghai's PM 2.5 concentration dropped sharply year-on-year, but both were heavily polluted.

Guangzhou has been implementing the ban policy and there has been no large-scale centralized discharge of other non-prohibited cities. However, the real-time monitoring data of air quality of the Guangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau shows that the Guangzhou Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 245 at 18:00. Severe pollution levels. As of 10:00 on January 31, Guangzhou air pollution was widespread, with 20 of the 31 monitoring sites measuring moderate air pollution and three monitoring sites experiencing severe pollution. The primary pollutant was PM 2.5. Compared with the 30-day daily air quality report, this result shows that the air quality on the first morning was significantly worse.

The air quality of other cities is also not optimistic. “On the first day of the New Year’s Day, Jinan’s smog was severe! Although it was Spring Festival, the joyful mood dropped! I would like to ask those who set off fireworks last night: Are you really happy to set off firecrackers? The environmental pollution is so serious. Is it really indifferent?” netizens “Mark Director” said.

On the eve of the New Year's Eve, Nanjing, Taiyuan, Fuzhou, and Wuhan all reported news of “fireworks”.

Many urban environmental protection agencies have issued warnings. Due to the superposition of fireworks and unfavorable weather conditions, air pollution is serious and it is recommended that people reduce outdoor activities.

Can not pass the year without firing? Public call for "Green Spring Festival"

“In the New Year, I always felt that I had nothing worse than a gun.” On the eve of the New Year’s Eve, a fireworks and firecracker retail outlet in Chaoyang District, Beijing was crowded with people. Several members of the public who were purchasing said that it was thousands of fireworks. Folk customs that are circulated in the past should be respected and continued.

In order to reduce the amount of fireworks and firecrackers, various regions have introduced measures. In addition to reducing the number of retail outlets for fireworks and firecrackers, and encouraging companies to sell low-smoke and low-sulfur green fireworks, Beijing has also issued measures to ban the release of pollution-free days in the city, and called on the city’s party members and cadres to play a leading role. Put less fireworks.

According to data from the Shanghai Fire Department, during the Spring Festival in 2014, the number of regular fireworks sold in Shanghai was reduced from 1600 to 1,314, a drop of nearly 20% year-on-year.

The important part of changing the habit of setting off fireworks and firecrackers is to change people’s understanding.

Wang Hongwei, who lives in Chaoyang District of Beijing, said: "No matter how good the sound and light effects are short-lived, not only polluting the environment but also causing fire, it is better to spend time and money on family reunion."

According to the Shanghai City Bureau of Statistics survey report published by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics on the willingness of people to emit fireworks and firecrackers in 2014, 85.6% of respondents said that they would not buy fireworks and firecrackers this Spring Festival, and 81.1% agreed to ban fireworks and firecrackers for the entire year.

Tang Xiaotian, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Law Society, said: "It is important to maintain fireworks and firecrackers to maintain air cleanliness. This truth is clearly visible. A lot of facts and data have shown that the discharge of fireworks and firecrackers endangers personal safety and harms the public interest. The time has been ripe for the complete ban on fireworks in megacities."

In fact, it is not impossible to replace the traditional fireworks and firecrackers. In Beijing, electronic firecrackers are welcomed in the wholesale and wholesale markets. “Usually, it can be a decoration, it can also send out the sound of firecrackers, and it is fun and environmentally friendly,” Beijing Li Fei said.

Twelve members of the public who were horses ringed 108 auspicious bells at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple in Shanghai. It also made New Year’s Eve’s night booming. The president of the Shanghai Society of Civil Society, Zhong Fulan, said: "This kind of activity preserves the tradition and highlights the secular customs. Through traditional cultural forms, people's hearts are purified."

"The weather may not be all your problems, but can you do a little bit of what you should do? Isn't it a good time for us to have a healthy, peaceful Spring Festival?" said Mark Director.

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