Green packaging becomes mainstream (on)

The use of environmentally friendly materials, the adoption of environmentally friendly packaging new technologies and new machinery, and the selection of professional packaging service organizations can change the image of Chinese exports in overseas developed markets and effectively increase competitiveness.
The goals and requirements of environmentally friendly packaging go through the entire process of product design, production, packaging, and sales, and until waste recycling and recycling. Environmental packaging requirements, the packaging of goods from the raw material selection, development, processing, use and recycling of the entire process must meet the requirements of harmless, non-polluting and environmental protection. At present, developed countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan, and France have formulated corresponding regulations and policies on packaging, and some countries have implemented the “environmental protection mark” system to strengthen the environment of manufacturers, importers, and retailers. Awareness of protection; Therefore, Chinese exporters must proceed from environmental protection when selecting packaging materials, packaging technology, packaging machinery, and packaging service agencies to improve the competitiveness of their products in overseas markets.
Environmental packaging and export of environmentally friendly packaging, also known as green packaging. Packaging is the beautification of products, and the concept of “green” makes this beautification process more environmentally friendly. International calls for protecting the environment, protecting the earth, and saving resources have become increasingly demanding, and overseas markets have increasingly stringent requirements for the packaging of foreign trade products. Wang Feng, from the Department of commerce of Renmin University of China, believes that there is a close complementary relationship between environmentally friendly packaging and foreign trade. Environmentally friendly packaging has its major reasons for conforming to trends and laws, and will surely become a pass for the international market.
In this regard, export companies have deep feelings. Hong Kong Yao Yan Co., Ltd. is a company with 10 years of experience in export trade, exporting all kinds of hardware, plastics, iron pipes, wire and other products. “Our products exported to the European Union are more exposed to environmental protection requirements,” said General Manager Han Yaoguang. “At present, advanced countries such as Europe, the United States, and Japan have paid special attention to environmentally friendly packaging. Therefore, natural products should be used for packaging purposes. From the perspective of environmental protection, the most important thing for environmentally friendly packaging is that the packaging materials can be recycled.” He believes that although environmental packaging will increase costs, due to the needs of buyers, he will carry out environmentally friendly packaging because “can increase orders”.
Environmental protection packaging will become the mainstream of the market According to the Shantou Special Economic Zone Huan Yue Trading Industry Company, the basis for environmental protection packaging is ISO14000. Most countries use this as a standard to promote the environmental protection packaging model. The ISO14000 series expressly stipulates that any internationally-purchased product (packaging) shall be subject to environmental certification and ecological assessment (LCA), and shall use the environmental label. Since 1999, ISO has implemented a green “environmental sign” to push the green revolution of product packaging to a new level, which has greatly promoted Chinese exporters.
Hong Kong Overseas Chinese Group has long been engaged in the development, production and trade of export products. In the production, packaging and export process of the group's health products, Qiguo granules, non-pollution and environmentally friendly packaging materials are used. In their long-term export trade work, they found that countries such as Europe and the United States and Singapore and Japan are very welcome to environmental protection packaging, and there are strict requirements for the import of packaging materials that are difficult to decompose in the natural environment and that are harmful to the environment. Not only that, "In the international market, buyers of food and medicine and health care products have special requirements for environmental protection packaging." Mr. Xiao Shihui, chairman of the group, stressed.
It can thus be seen that the full promotion of environmental protection packaging by China's export companies is not just a matter of reducing environmental pollution, but also a passport for companies to enter the international market. "It can be predicted that the future of the 21st century will be the world of green products," said Mr. Li Jianhua, executive deputy director of the China Export Commodities Packaging Research Institute. "Anyone who has easy-to-recycle packaging will be able to seize the market, and there will be no recycling marks on the packaging. / Packaging environmental protection signs, it is difficult to enter the world market."
Use of environmentally friendly packaging materials Environmentally friendly packaging defines the recycling of packaging materials: reusable packaging materials, edible packaging materials, dissolvable materials, and natural paper materials. As Guo Yuhua, the packaging department of Tianjin Business School stated, environmental protection packaging is embodied in: First, the use of materials, the least waste, and save energy; Second, it is easy to recycle; Third, the packaging of waste materials, no secondary pollution; Fourth, environmental protection packaging materials can be decomposed on their own without polluting the environment.
Therefore, the selection of environmentally friendly packaging materials should reflect the basic principles of harmless, non-polluting and renewable. Wang Feng introduced that the environmentally-friendly packaging materials that can be recycled are divided into:
1. Paper loading categories: Corrugated cardboard boxes, cardboard boxes, cardboard drums, high-grade cartons, pulp molded products and trays;
2. Wood packaging categories: ordinary wooden boxes, framed wooden boxes, plywood boxes, fiberboard boxes, plywood barrels, fiberboard barrels, wooden pallets for transport packaging, etc.;
3. Plastic packaging categories: plastic turnover boxes, plastic closed barrels, plastic woven bags, flexible container bags, plastic mesh bags, etc.;
4. Metal packaging categories: thin steel barrels, galvanized iron barrels, aluminum barrels, iron-plastic composite barrels.
In addition, in order to save natural materials, in recent years, the domestic and international packaging industry has actively adopted high-tech research and development of new environmentally friendly packaging materials. According to the “China Packaging News” report, the eco-friendly packaging material “Ekling material” developed by the Ekling company of Sweden was taken from the natural packaging material, egg shell, based on calcium carbonate, the most widely distributed substance in nature. Add polyolefins that are harmless to the human body and the natural environment as adhesives. Their products can be made as strong as hard plastic bottles and as soft as ordinary plastic bags. (To be continued)