Ecological Packaging Design Style and Tide (I)

The wave of ecological design with the goal of protecting ecological resources and protecting human health is emerging globally. Driven by this wave of ecological design, the development and art design of ecological packaging products are becoming one of the focuses of global designers.

Ecological resources recycling and packaging resources cycle design

In today's era of high-speed information development, human beings live in a material world. Restoring the balance with nature means finding a new way to provide the thousands of tons of various materials needed by industrial civilization. Nowadays, humanity has cut a large number of forests, tearing the surface of the earth to obtain a large amount of raw materials, leaving behind us naked and ridiculous scenery and toxic waste heaps. To solve these problems, the fundamental solution is to integrate them into the recycling of materials because garbage itself is only a "misplaced resource." If handled properly, it can be a huge social asset.

Recycling of ecological resources

Recycling of ecological resources is divided into material recovery and energy recovery. Material recovery can be further divided into two categories: one is an open system in which the recycling process is open to the entire society; and the other is a closed system limited to one enterprise product.

According to figures released by the relevant departments, the total amount of garbage in the country each year is about 500 million tons, worth 25 billion yuan, of which 32% is biological waste, 18% is plastic waste, 8% is paper waste, 4% is textile, and 3% is Metals, 1.5% are glass products, and these 2/3 or more garbage are recyclable. One ton of waste paper can make 800 kg of paper; one ton of waste plastic can smelt 700 kg of gasoline; recyclable cans and glass bottles can save more than 90% of material cost; disposable chopsticks can be used for papermaking; biological waste can be made into high-quality fertilizer; Unrecoverable paper scraps, cloths, etc. can still be burned to generate electricity.

Germany is a very good country in terms of environmental protection. The environmental protection work goes deep into each family. They have different waste management regulations: they can pack white, green, and brown three-colored glass bottles from public places, to nearby residential buildings. The yellow color container for decoration decoration waste; the sort bin that is striking from the street, and the special recycle box for different parts of the waste electrical appliance.... According to a German environmental protection staff member, although the idea of ​​German household waste classification had existed 20 years ago, it was only 10 years ago that the real trial began. In the past 10 years, from the government to non-governmental organizations, from large companies to schools, people have taken many effective and practical measures (such as free production and supply of garbage bags) and finally achieved today's results. The German Waste Act stipulates that anything that can be used must not be made waste. Waste that cannot be avoided must be used to return it to the economic cycle. The "recycling plan" proved to be effective in Europe and North America. In ten years, European household waste has been reduced by more than 50%. Some cities target 90%.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is made up of 130 large companies from various countries. They are a multinational organization established to seek effective models for sustainable development. They aim to achieve the harmonious development of population, social needs and the environment. For example, the world-famous DuPont company's approach in this regard is to use less raw materials to meet the needs of more people, and to use raw materials effectively for specific customer requirements, thus reducing waste. They changed the raw materials from sale to rent because customers only used some of the raw materials, and most of them were not used in production. They took away these unusable materials; Mr. He Lide, president of DuPont, often said: In the continuous discharge of waste in production, to think about what is valuable in the waste material available. If you are conscious of pursuing the sustainable development of the resource cycle, you will be surprised to find many good ways to minimize the “environmental imprinting” of production in the pursuit of sustainable development of resource cycles. This is a simple idea, but once we follow this line of thinking, there will be many improvements. We have no specific goals, but it is estimated that this indicator can be quadrupled after 10 years.

Cycle design of packaging resources

Recycling design, ie, recycling design, is a means or method used to implement generalized recycling. In the design of packaging products, it is necessary to fully consider the possibility of recycling packaging products and materials, recycling processing methods, and recycling process technologies, etc. Related series of questions to achieve full and effective use of packaging resources and energy.

The concept of packaging cycle design can not only stay in the concept, but to cope with the practice, to implement the specific lifestyle changes. If we use the concept of resource cycle design to look at the issue of “recycling of durable goods packaged”, we will find that the “package recycling” in the true sense can not only stay in the recycling of packaging materials, but also should develop to a higher level. . The old concept of stimulating consumption (abuse of resources) was introduced to a new concept of reasonable consumption (resources and durability). This will change human understanding and understanding of the product, but also changed the designer's focus on product design.

The design of modern packaging products only stays in the design of the product. From the perspective of development, this is a design of appearance. The future packaging product cycle design will focus on the design of the product-related environment, which is an internal interactive design. In Japan, many old wooden barrels that have been stored for decades or even centuries were discarded or burned in the past. A packaging company stumbled upon and used them to make waste wooden barrels a good wood for packing. The specific method is to open the wooden barrels first, heat the bent wooden strips, and then put the straightened wooden strips into a plate, polish, paint and other processes to create a good packaging product. . The use of old wooden barrels for packaging products not only reduced the cost by more than 35%, but also caused the wooden wine barrels to be infiltrated by alcohol for a long time and soaked. The manufactured products even exude an aroma and no locust phenomenon.

In 1991, the "Regulations on Packaging" promulgated by Germany clearly stipulated that "polluter manufacturers must bear the costs of cleaning up and eliminating the environmental impact of pollution." The production and operators of packaging materials are required to be responsible for the recovery of wastes and fulfill the corresponding obligation to eliminate pollution. The cost of cleaning can be passed on to the user in the selling price. Nowadays, people from Germany buy on the streets, and most of them carry bag or bamboo baskets in their hands. The bags are dirty and washed, which greatly reduces the use of plastic bags. A notice has been posted in the toilets of all hotels in Hong Kong: To provide comprehensive services, the hotel has changed towels for you every day. However, a large amount of detergent flows into the sea during the process of cleaning towels, resulting in serious pollution of seawater around the world. We sincerely invite you to participate in the protection of the environment. Please put the reusable towels on the towel rack, and put them into the tank for replacement. Thank you for your cooperation! Notice of the "Hong Kong Hotel Association". The experience of other countries and regions is worth our study and reference. It is a good tradition for the Chinese to buy vegetables on the street in a portable bamboo basket. Now that we have lost it, foreigners are allowed to walk away. We do not need good reflection.