"Express industry to promote green packaging work plan" introduced

State Post Bureau has issued "express industry to promote green packaging work plan" (hereinafter referred to as "embodiment"), express industry green packaging work plan to improve the efficiency of resource use express packaging, to reduce packaging consumption, reduce environmental pollution.

China's express delivery industry is developing rapidly, in 2015 more than 20.6 billion, ranking first in the world, but a large total, a wide variety of package delivery industry and the environmental problems aroused great concern. "State Council on promoting the development of the express delivery industry" will be "green energy" as one of the development goals express industry. On this basis, to develop the "implementation plan" will save resources, protect the environment and promote sustainable development of the express delivery industry is significant.

"Implementation plan" to define the overall objective of the work package express industry, the express industry proposed to steadily promote the production of packaging according to the law, saving the use full recovery, re-use and effective, to achieve "low pollution, low consumption, low emission, high efficiency, high efficiency, high-efficiency "green development. Program clear to green, minimization, recycling and achieved remarkable results, "Thirteen Five" period, in pursuit of key enterprises, key regional package express industry green development breakthrough. By 2020, the phase-out of hazardous substances exceeding the basic packaging materials, the basic completion of socialization shipment packaging recycling system.

Green packaging possible without innovation and application of technology. "Plan" put forward, during the "Thirteen Five" express industry electronic waybill usage an average annual increase of 5%. 2020, the major express delivery companies in consumer electronics brand agreement Waybill utilization rate above 90%, significantly reducing the amount of paper supplies single surface. Meet the standards of green boxes, bags and green belt usage increased significantly, and promote the use of transit box, cage trucks and other equipment, to further reduce the amount of bags and tape.

"Plan" also requires, during the "Thirteen Five" basic package express industry to establish governance systems. Courier packaging industry environmental technology standards, statistical monitoring, credit system, management systems and supplies appliances something more robust in the ex post regulation; green packaging research system more perfect, pilot demonstration projects can be made replication, promotion experience; courier companies use green packaging , environmental awareness of consumers to participate in recycling packing significantly enhanced.

To achieve these goals, "plan" to promote the deployment of the express delivery industry packaging legalization management, express delivery industry to accelerate the development of green packaging, courier packaging industry to encourage the reduction process, discover the express industry packaging can be recycled, the express industry to implement a pilot green packaging demonstration projects five key tasks, and refined to strengthen the daily supervision of the express industry packaging, courier packaging industry and revision of national standards and industry standards and other 12 specific tasks.

For Express users reflect more "excessive packaging" issue, the program proposes to encourage enterprises to explore simple packaging, reducing secondary packaging. Several companies in the postal and courier companies to carry out simple packaging pilot, encourage the development of pilot enterprises simple packing when conditions are ripe corporate standards and industry promotion. Give full play to the role of big data, to promote enterprise development package customization, integration with warehouse, transportation standardized services in key areas and key links, significantly reduce unnecessary secondary packaging.

For courier packaging recycling, "plan" to emphasize and promote the inclusion express packaging recycling policy support areas, and actively cooperate with relevant departments to carry out the shipment Packing and local recycling pilot, encourage enterprises to reuse plastic boxes, cartons and bags and other packaging containers, packaging materials to enhance the re-utilization.