Express packaging material recovery of less than 20% of the harmful substances exceeded

With the rapid development of electronic commerce, the excessive use of packaging materials sparked express concern. Recently, the State Post Bureau issued "express industry to promote green packaging work plan" put forward the package to the courier industry has achieved remarkable results in green, minimization, recycling and so on.

Recently, the State Post Bureau issued a "courier industry to promote green packaging work plan" (hereinafter referred to as "embodiment") "implementation plan" which will bring the launch of the express industry change? What progress concern of excessive packaging and packaging recycling issues?

The overall package was less than 20% recovery rate, part of the packaging materials harmful substances exceeded

With the rapid development of electronic commerce and the gradual integration of the courier industry and manufacturing, the service sector, the year 2015, China's express delivery business traffic totaled 20.67 billion, ranking first in the world. This year from January to July, China's express delivery business has accumulated business volume of 15.75 billion.

In this regard, "plan" research group members, research vice president of Qingdao Beijing Institute of Printing Zhu Lei pointed out that the growth speed, large body business express delivery industry is the most obvious characteristics of two, and the attendant problem , packaging materials usage is quite amazing.

Typically, the packaging materials used in the courier industry is divided into waybill, envelopes, cardboard boxes, plastic bags, woven bags, tape and cushion seven categories. In cardboard boxes and plastic bags, for example, use cartons accounted for about 50% of total business volume delivery, accounting for about 40% of plastic bags. In terms of transparent tape, the amount of average cost per delivery is 0.8 m, transparent tape itself not only as a non-degradable material, also caused objectively difficult to separate the cardboard and plastic, improved cost recovery.

Zhu Lei, the "currently in China's express delivery industry, cardboard and plastic actual recovery rate less than 10%, most of these packages are sent directly to landfill, to the urban environment bring great pressure. It can be said that China's packaging the overall recovery rate is less than 20% in some developed countries, cardboard class packaging recycling rate of about 45%, plastic packaging recovery rate is about 25%. "

Excessive use of toxic and hazardous substances packaging materials, is also a big problem.

It is reported that, due to price competition is very fierce, courier packaging industry, many small manufacturers in order to reduce costs, recovered from extensive use of chemical waste, medical waste and garbage in the production of renewable materials courier packaging plastic bags, plastic bags, and this generally contains excessive heavy metals, toxic organic compounds and pathogenic bacteria and viruses and other bodies. Paper packaging, are often used in excess filler to improve the paper weight, use of poor quality ink for printing, which results in the paper packaging residual toxic organic compounds exceeded.

"" Plan "is to address these issues, and I hope to guide the courier industry to achieve 'green energy' development goals." Zhu Lei said that although the packaging material costs accounted for only about 20% of the express industry revenue, but the courier through courier packaging industry the whole process, green packaging as the starting point to promote the standardization of packaging, reduction, recyclable, biodegradable, etc., can enhance the standardization, automation and intelligence level of the courier industry as a whole, on the upper reaches of the packaging industry, manufacturing, green electricity supplier also has a positive role in promoting development.

"Thirteen Five" period, the courier industry electronic waybill usage an average annual increase of 5%

"Implementation plan" clearly, to green, reduction can be achieved remarkable results cycling, "Thirteen Five" period, in pursuit of key enterprises, key regional package express industry green development breakthrough.

To achieve these goals, "plan" put forward to promote the rule of law courier packaging industry 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.

Specifically, the "Thirteen Five" period, the courier industry electronic waybill usage an average annual increase of 5%, the major courier companies hope 2016 agreement brand consumer electronic waybill use rate of 50% in 2020 to more than 90%, significantly reducing side single The amount of paper supplies. The program also made part of green packaging standards with a strong guiding role finalized in 2017, 2020, basically out of hazardous substances exceeding the packaging materials, the basic completion of socialization shipment packaging recycling system.

Operational aspects, "plan" electricity supplier companies, courier companies and packaging businesses, governments, universities, research institutes and other relevant elements of green packaging express their position and made a clearly defined function. For example, in terms of promoting the reduction of packaging, encourage enterprises to use electronic waybill, transit wagon boxes and other equipment, the use of Big Data technologies, optimization of transport, storage and distribution processes, thereby reducing the amount of packaging.

In addition, the program mentioned, the express industry to implement green packaging pilot and demonstration projects, selec a certain number of express delivery companies in the packaging standardization, reduction, carry out the cycle of the pilot can set up a number of green delivery outlets, explore effective technology path and policy path. Currently, some companies already have a good case.

In the governance system, "plan" put forward during the "Thirteen Five" basic package express industry to establish governance systems. Sound environmental technology package express industry standards, statistical monitoring, credit system, management system and equipment supplies business in ex post regulation; perfect green packaging research system; enhance the courier companies to use green packaging, consumer participation Packing recycling Environmental Awareness .

2020 basically completed socialization shipment packaging recycling system

For many users reflect "excessive packaging" issue, "plan" put forward by increasing training, standard operating procedures, to avoid unnecessary and excessive packaging. In addition, give full play to the role of big data, and to strengthen the integration of the electricity supplier courier companies, manufacturing and services, significantly reducing unnecessary secondary packaging in key areas and key links.

about express packaging recycling, "plan" from the policies and regulations will be packaging recycling and reuse, etc. into "Express Ordinance" and "Circular Economy Promotion Law". Actual operation, primarily through the establishment of community-based courier packaging recycling system, the source of courier companies to encourage the use of easily recyclable packaging, packaging materials promoting producers, consumers and end users to participate in sorting and recycling of packaging. "Plan" put forward in 2020 to basically completed socialization shipment packaging recycling system.

Zhu Lei said that follow-up will launch "an embodiment" of the specific implementation details and carry out experimental work. Because green packaging to reduce costs in favor of major companies, enterprises to participate in the current embodiment of the enthusiasm high.

It is worth mentioning that the "plan" for the express industry technological innovation put forward higher demands to express industry joint universities and research institutes to carry out research aspects of green packaging materials, express industry to set up collaborative research and innovation base, to promote a batch green packaging including new designs, new materials and new features, including the conversion of technological innovations to the industry.

Zhu Lei, the current overall technological level of China's express industry is still relatively low, especially in automation and intelligence level is not high. In the logistics industry, the networking technology has great development prospects, no warehouse, automated sorting technologies are closely related and packaging, "therefore" plan "the implementation of scientific and technological innovation to improve the overall level of the industry has a lot role. "