近日，教育部办公厅等四部门印发“关于在中小学落实生态文明思想、增强生态环境意识”的通知。

小学生的新课本（图片来源：东方IC）

    According to the regulation, the Ministry of Education has asked all primary and middle schools, as well as all administrative departments under its jurisdiction, to ensure that students will not be required to protect their books with plastic covers, in an effort to achieve what the ministry is calling a “zero plastic back-to-school season.”通知要求，中小学校和各级教育行政部门不得强制学生使用塑料书皮，努力实现“无塑开学季”。

    通知称，使用塑料容易造成白色污染，有些不合格的塑料书皮含有甲醛（formaldehyde）和苯（benzene），对于儿童的神经系统和体格发育有影响（cause harm to children's nervous systems and physical development）。

    各级教育行政部门和中小学校要在相关学科教学、课内课外活动以及学校管理各个环节中充分体现勤俭节约（practice frugality）、绿色低碳消费（green and low-carbon consumption），使学生切实增强生态环境意识（increase their awareness of ecological conservation）、提高生态环境保护能力。

    It said market regulators should double efforts to identify substandard plastic products sold on campus and punish the producers.通知要求，市场监管部门要对销售进入校园的不合格塑料产品加大查处力度。