Express packaging needs to do "subtraction"

Author of a friend recently ordered a medium pot. Few days, the goods home. At first glance, the bulky package was taken aback, I thought courier brother sent the wrong goods. Open look, the box set with several big-box, which is also stuffed with foam. Buy a pot "made" a place of garbage.

This may be every online shopping of people are familiar with the scene.

Express packaging needs to do "subtraction"

In the 1960s in the United States beginning in the courier industry, it only took about 20 years to develop into a global industry. According to the Global Express Association early 2015 statistics, the international express delivery business volume over the past five years the average growth rate of up to 7%. Electronic business is booming, so online shopping to Liaoyuanzhishi globally popular. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's "Information Economy Report 2015" is expected, 2013--2018 global purchase network will increase the number of about 50%. "Homes available all over the world," the earth is becoming a normal life.

online shopping to life has brought great convenience, but there are many drawbacks massive Express, one of which is excessive packaging waste and environmental pollution caused by the large amount of resources. Many courier packaging as matryoshka, big box set of small boxes, a courier can produce a pile of garbage. In addition, the data also show that the express industry annually with tape around the earth 230 laps, polyethylene and other chemical substances contained in the tape, at least 100 years to decompose in the soil.

Express package excessive packaging be regarded as a global common problem. UK courier company Hermes2013年曾对 2000 were customer survey, more than two-thirds of people have received makes them feel excessive packaging parcels respondents 1/3 said it would not be in excessive packaging again retailers shopping. Amazon UK Customers forums even has a forum on excessive packaging, consumers can wrap in this area on excessive packaging comment.

Excessive packaging not only a waste of resources and environmental protection, logistics and also about the company's operating costs. Moot Bulk, implies the need to take up more space, but also means increased labor costs and transportation costs. Use of environmentally friendly packaging or recycling courier packaging is not difficult technically. However, the barrier between "Express" and "environmental protection", probably not just cost, as well as the mentality and the lack of social responsibility of business trouble, because the appropriate packaging and returnable packaging may be more expensive than ordinary packaging, processing is also more trouble.

For express delivery industry problems, some countries have begun to enact laws and regulations to control excessive packaging and so on. German DHL, Federal Express and other company's website, there are more detailed advice or guidance courier packaging is conducive to appropriate packaging. Japan also express reservation delivery services, reduce duplication of delivery. Some experts also suggested that government departments in tax cuts to encourage express delivery companies use environmentally friendly packaging, also led some environmental cartons, development of biodegradable plastics manufacturing enterprises to achieve a virtuous layout ......

Practice environmental, social and corporate profits has always been between the game, the express industry is no exception. Now it seems that excessive packaging "correction" so that logistics companies can not only save costs to some extent, but also tasted environmentally friendly "sweetness", to add their own touch of "green", this is the future direction of the courier industry.