Green Packaging and Harmonious Society

Nowadays, the earth resources on which we rely to survive are gradually depleting. The environmental pollution is also destroying the ecological balance, the quality of life, and the sustainable development of the economy. These are all facts that are obvious to all. For example: air pollution, water pollution, garbage pollution, etc. Among them, garbage pollution is closely related to the packaging industry. According to relevant data, the amount of municipal solid waste in China is about 140 million tons per year, of which plastic packaging and agricultural film waste account for a considerable proportion. In particular, “white pollution” has become a public nuisance and a persistent problem in governance. No matter where it is found in urban and rural markets, public places, rivers and lakes, and traffic, it is almost everywhere. It not only pollutes the environment, destroys the ecology, but also causes great problems for the future comprehensive management. More and more people and people in the industry are aware of the destructiveness and seriousness of this pollution, and they shout loudly that "governance of pollution must be urgently needed."

Promote the trend of green packaging

To realize a harmonious society is the ideal that humans have been pursuing for thousands of years. Harmony is "the essence of all the world, the realm of heaven and man, and the ambivalence of pureness and bleakness." It properly describes the connotation of harmonious coexistence between man and nature and between people. What is meant by "harmonious society" is the organic unity of "internal harmony" and "external peace." "Internal Harmony" adheres to the principle of "people-oriented" and realizes harmonious relations among people, building a society of "democracy and rule of law, fairness and justice, and sincerity and fraternity." "Waiwai" adheres to the principle of "coincidence between man and nature", protects ecological balance, changes the mode of economic growth, and achieves the goal of sustainable socio-economic development and common prosperity.

"Avenue to Jane," to build a harmonious society, is to contact the actual conditions of the industry, vigorously promote green packaging, develop a recycling economy according to the requirements of building a conservation-oriented society, and increase the efficiency and recycling of resources. This is the realization of the packaging industry. The inevitable trend of harmony in the environment. It can be said that "the general trend is unstoppable." We must comply with this trend and we must not irreversibly move forward, carefully plan and organize the implementation of all aspects of the packaging industry, and make new contributions to building a harmonious society.

What is the concept of "green packaging"? It refers to packaging materials and products that are conducive to protecting people's health and social environment and ecological balance, non-toxic and harmless, easy to degrade, and easy to recycle and recycle. Looking around the packaging market today, some of the phenomena that mingled with the “green packaging” logo are common and are worrying. For example, although the paper packaging products are green packaging, the paper is easily degraded in the soil, but it is at the expense of cutting a large number of trees. In the process of producing the pulp, a large amount of alkali-containing waste water is discharged to give the farmland soil and ecology. The environment causes serious pollution. Therefore, to meet the requirements of sustainable economic development, reducing packaging is still a problem that needs to be solved.

Most of the degradable plastics on the market are made up of plastics and starch in a certain proportion. Not only is it difficult to recycle, but only the starch component can be degraded after being filled, and plastic materials will remain in the soil for a long time, destroying the soil. Ingredients affect crop growth.

Some enterprises are driven by economic interests, blindly pursuing the fine-quality, high-grade, and aristocratic aspects of packaging, and have resorted to "over-packaging" tricks, especially in some food packaging such as liquor, tea, and cakes; Ignored the value of the product itself, resulting in a waste of resources. Although China has introduced a number of laws, regulations, and policies and measures to rectify it, the above listed phenomena have not been fundamentally improved, and even some have become increasingly fierce. Therefore, it is necessary to “strike hard” to attack and adopt a “rock-shocking” move, which requires comprehensive management, treating both the symptoms and the symptoms.

Then, how to advocate green packaging, we must adhere to the strict implementation of environmental protection law, strengthen environmental protection education, attach importance to clean and safe production of enterprises, implement green signs, implement policy principles and administrative responsibility as a principle, and use resources efficiently in macro-level decision-making and guiding ideology. Utilization and recycling as the core, combined with the "5R+1D" requirements of green packaging: "reduce, material return, refuse to use non-ecological materials, reuse, Recycle, Degradable, to promote the sustainable development of green packaging.

Asking for advice and responding to many people’s responses

Developing green packaging is an inevitable trend of the sustainable development of the packaging industry in the recycling economy. It is also a systematic project. It requires the government departments concerned to “grasping together and coordinating actions” and also requires the participation of all citizens to create an atmosphere of public opinion that protects the environment. In this way, the packaging industry can embark on the path of sustainable development in the development of circular economy.

To do this, we will take measures in the following ten areas in the future and implement them:

1. Actively develop green packaging materials. To make full use of natural resources, such as bamboo, hemp, cotton fabrics, reeds, rice straw, wheat straw, corn, etc., adopt high technology and techniques to produce biodegradable plastic film and expanded “foam” materials such as non-toxic and harmless packaging. Materials and products.

2. Use green packaging material. The use of green packaging materials not only can effectively reduce the harmful effects of packaging waste on the environment, but also can increase the utilization of raw materials and energy in the process of packaging production, use and recycling. In recent years, all kinds of green packaging materials such as "Pears of Pear Trees" have generally emerged, among which paper products are the most widely used green packaging materials. Not only does it perish in the natural environment, it can also recycle recycled paper and can be used as a plant fertilizer. Now all kinds of cutlery, fresh fruit trays, industrial trays, food and medical equipment packaging are using pulp molded products.

3. Rely on technology to promote the development of green packaging. Green packaging must rely heavily on the development results of modern science and technology, with technical priority as the guideline, advanced standards as the yardstick, and advanced materials and manufacturing technologies as the means. We must rely on our own strength to carry out scientific and technological development, and we must actively introduce advanced foreign technology to digest and absorb it for my own use, so as to increase the scientific and technological content of packaging materials and products, and promote the scientific and technological level of the packaging industry to have a "high starting point."

4. Establish green enterprises and strengthen green management. Green companies should establish green concepts, organize green manufacturing, implement green marketing, and create a green image. At the same time, we must further strengthen green management and use economic means to promote the recycling of packaging waste.

5. Efforts to promote clean production of enterprises. Clean production refers to the prevention and control of pollution caused by the process flow during the process of producing packaging materials from raw materials and the process of packaging and packaging of goods into commercial products. With the minimum resources and energy consumption, the greatest benefits can be achieved and pollution can be achieved. Zero emissions. This requires packaging material manufacturers and companies that use packaging materials to reduce pollutant emissions in the packaging process in accordance with the requirements of “green, environmental protection, energy conservation, and high efficiency”, and achieve a common increase in social and economic benefits.

6. Promote green consumption and create a green atmosphere for public opinion. Nowadays, consumer recognition of the value of green packaging is maturing. According to surveys, 72% of people think that the development of environmental protection industries and the development of green products are beneficial to the improvement of environmental conditions. 54% of people are willing to use green products and 38% of them have already purchased green products. Voluntary selection of green packaging products that are conducive to environmental protection and recycling of resources has become a common practice among more and more consumers.

7. Packaging design should highlight the connotation of environmental protection. When designing packaging, designers must investigate the market's requirements for environmentally friendly packaging and the development trend of environmentally friendly packaging. At the same time, we must highlight the signs of environmental protection and achieve the goal of expanding marketing.

8. Accelerate the cultivation of high-tech talents and create a “green camp” that develops green packaging. Cultivating and cultivating a large number of talents with broad knowledge, scientific technology, and diligent efforts are the intellectual support and fundamental guarantee for the development of the green packaging industry. It is necessary to increase investment to meet the needs of the modernization of the packaging industry.

9. Strengthen macro guidance and vigorously support the investment demand for green packaging. The green packaging industry as an emerging industry is still in its infancy. It has not yet formed scale production, and it has not yet formed a brand effect. The government should respond to the implementation of a circular economy to make more and less packaging companies, and give policy inclinations. For example, tax relief for products; increased investment in capital, etc.

10. Improve the packaging regulatory system. Perfecting the legal system of packaging regulations is an important means to improve the level of the packaging industry. According to statistics, the total recycling value of renewable resources in major developed countries in the world has reached 250 billion U.S. dollars a year, and grows at a rate of 12% to 20% per year. Recycling of renewable resources can fully develop into an interlocking relationship. Industry chain.

Since 1979, China has successively introduced more than 30 environmental protection laws such as the “Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China”. However, on the whole, it is still not perfect. We must learn from the advanced experience of foreign legislation and improve the domestic packaging industry as soon as possible. Various regulations, systems and related standards.

Developing green packaging and taking the road of circular economy development are powerful weapons for the packaging industry based on the fiercely competitive market. Promoting the “green packaging” project benefits both the contemporary and the benefit of future generations. It is of great significance. The development of "green packaging" is focused on action. We must be good and small, "sword and fulfillment, and speed up," as soon as possible so that our packaging products are covered with green clothes, so that the "green packaging" of the wind throughout every life Corners.

Reprinted from: China Packaging News