Green Packaging and Design at Home and Abroad (I)

one. The rise of green packaging

In June 1992, at the United Nations “World Environment and Development” conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 183 countries and more than 70 international organizations unanimously adopted international environmental protection guidelines for the needs of long-term development, and formally determined that “sustainable development” is The theme of human society, people are more and more aware of the importance of green packaging.Now green packaging has become today's packaging industry, the irreversible trend of world trade, many countries in the world have introduced many laws and regulations of environmental protection and green packaging As well as specific measures for implementation, the International Organization for Standardization unifies the global will and formulates the ISO/CD14000 environmental management standards. This is a set of strict and rigorous systems that scientifically regulate human environmental protection and guidelines and conditions for the world's green Engineering has brought invaluable impetus.The rise of green packaging originated from the proliferation of white pollution.The main reason lies in the increasing packaging waste brought about by the increasing abundance of packaging materials and packaging products. Ignoring environmental factors in production and business activities, Plastic packaging products processing ignored, for the recovery of the products will not be collected, resulting in an extremely serious environmental pollution.

In June 1996, the white paper of China’s environmental protection stated that the Chinese government will implement the “China’s Cross-Century Green Project Plan” during the “Ninth Five-Year Plan” period. It will specify the direction for the creation of green products and green packaging so that companies can find regulations. Chapter can be based on. The most important thing in the implementation of the green project is to educate the green project, constantly raise people's awareness of environmental protection and benefit the ideological realm of generations. As long as all mankind works tirelessly, white pollution will surely be eliminated, and the green revolution will be effective. A fresh and beautiful green world will surely come.

two. Definition of green packaging

Green packaging does not cause pollution to the ecological environment, does not cause any harm to human health, and can be recycled and reused, and can promote the sustainable development of packaging.

three. The connotation of green packaging

The connotation of being green is to be integrated with nature, which can be taken from nature and returned to nature. The extension to the green packaging is that the materials it uses come from nature and form green products through pollution-free processing. After being discarded, they can be recycled, returned to nature, or recycled. In essence, green packaging covers the significance of protecting the environment and regenerating resources. The purpose of green packaging is to ensure that human health is not polluted, and to make full use of renewable resources, save natural resources, and reduce energy consumption as the direction of development for the benefit of mankind. In the true sense of green packaging, not only is the packaged product green, it also does not pollute the environment as waste, and can be reused or returned to nature. What's more important is that it can't cause pollution when it is converted from raw materials into processed products, or in the process of processing. The main contents of the “green revolution” in the packaging industry include: reducing unnecessary waste; providing renewable products; paying attention to benefits and ecological benefits; and not using products that pollute the environment and destroy nature.

four. The basic principle of green packaging

The basic principles of green packaging can be summarized as 4R and ID principles;
REDUCE reduces packaging materials and opposes over packaging. That is, under the premise of guaranteeing the functions of dressing, protection, transportation, storage and sales, the use of packaging materials should be minimized.
REUSE reusability principle. It is not easy to dispose of reusable products.
RECYCLE can be recycled and recycled. That is, discarded packaging products are recycled and reused.
RECOVER gets new value. That is, using incineration to obtain energy and fuel.
DEGRADABLE degrades corrosion and helps eliminate white contamination.

Fives. Green packaging rating

Green packaging is divided into A grade and AA grade. Grade A green packaging refers to the appropriate packaging of wastes that can be recycled, reused, or degraded, and contain toxic substances within the specified limits. Grade AA green packaging refers to waste that can be recycled, reused or degraded, and does not cause harm to the human body and the environment throughout the product life cycle, and contains toxic substances within the specified range of appropriate packaging. The above classification is mainly to consider the issue of waste after packaging is first used. This is a problem that has to be solved in the past, now and in the future.

six. Green Packaging Logos and Regulations

Green packaging logo

In 1957, the world’s first green packaging “green” logo was introduced in Germany. The world's first green packaging "green" logo is a circular pattern consisting of green arrows and white arrows, the upper text is composed of German DERGRNEPONKT, which means 'green dot'. The "green dot" two-colored arrow indicates product or packaging. It is green, can be recycled, meets the requirements of ecological balance and environmental protection. In 1977, the German government launched the “Blue Sky Maker” green environmental protection label and granted products with green characteristics, including packaging. After using the “Environmental Sign” in Germany, Many countries have also begun to implement environmental labels for product packaging. Such as Canada's "Maple Leaf Logo", Japan's "Love the Earth", the United States' "Natural Friendly" and Certificate System, China's "Environmental Mark", the European Community's "European Flower", Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, etc. White Swans of the Nordic countries, Singapore's "green logo", New Zealand's "environmental choice" and Portugal's "ecological products".

Green packaging regulations

In June 1990, the European Community held a conference in Dublin to put forward the idea of ​​“enhanced environmental protection” and formulated the “Transportation Law for Wastes”, which stipulates that packaging wastes cannot be shipped to other countries, and countries are responsible for rejecting wastes/December 1994. After the European Community issued the "Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive" and the "Dublin Declaration," Western European countries have successively formulated relevant laws and regulations. Responding to European countries, the United States, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, Brazil, China and other countries and regions have also formulated packaging laws and regulations. Since 1979, China has promulgated four special laws and eight resource laws including the "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China," "Solid Waste Prevention and Control Law," and "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law." Regulations expressly provide regulations for the management of packaging waste. In 1984, the country began to implement the environmental labeling system. In the winter of 1998, the provincial Green Packaging Association was established.

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