Under the background of ecological protection, how should China’s packaging and printing industry move forward
The development of the printing industry faces multiple challenges
At present, the development of my country’s printing industry has entered a new stage, and the challenges it faces are becoming more and more severe.
First, because the printing industry has attracted a large number of enterprises in previous years, the number of small and medium-sized printing companies in the industry has continued to grow, resulting in serious product homogeneity and frequent price wars, making industry competition increasingly fierce, and industrial development has been adversely affected. Candle jar
Second, as the domestic economic development has entered a period of structural adjustment, the growth rate has slowed down, the demographic dividend has gradually declined, and the production and operating costs of enterprises have gradually increased. It will be difficult to open up new markets. Some enterprises are facing survival crises. Cards also continue to accelerate.
Third, affected by the popularization of the Internet and the upsurge of digitalization, informatization, automation, and intelligence, the printing industry is facing a huge impact, and the demand for transformation and upgrading is becoming increasingly prominent. Intelligence is imminent. Candle box
Fourth, due to the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, and my country’s increasing emphasis on environmental protection issues, it has been upgraded to a national strategy. Therefore, for the printing industry, it is necessary to promote the green transformation of printing technology and vigorously develop degradable printing materials. Pay attention to the joint promotion of environmental protection and recycling. It can be said that green printing will become an inevitable direction for the printing industry to actively adapt to the transformation and upgrading of the industry and seek greater development.
The development trend of China’s packaging and printing industry
Under the background of global promotion of ecological protection and the current challenges, combined with the actual needs of end users and current packaging development trends, the development of China’s packaging and printing industry is evolving into a new industrial chain, which is mainly reflected in the following four aspects: Mailer box
1. Reducing pollution and saving energy starts with reduction
Express packaging waste is mainly paper and plastic, and most of the raw materials come from wood and petroleum. Not only that, the main raw materials of scotch tape, plastic bags and other materials commonly used in express packaging are polyvinyl chloride. These substances are buried in the soil and take hundreds of years to degrade, which will cause irreversible damage to the environment. It is urgent to reduce the burden of express parcels .
Commodity packaging should meet the requirements of transportation packaging, so as to cancel the secondary express packaging or use the express packaging of e-commerce/logistics companies. Recycling express packaging (express bags) should reduce the use of foam (PE express bags) as much as possible. From the factory to the e-commerce logistics warehouse or warehouse to the store, recyclable packaging can be used instead of disposable cartons to reduce packaging costs and reduce disposable packaging and its waste. Jewelry box
2. 100% can be sorted and recycled is the general trend
Amcor is the world’s first packaging company that promises to make all packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, and has signed the “Global Commitment Letter” of the new plastic economy. World-renowned brand owners, such as Mondelez, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and other companies are actively looking for the best complete set of technical solutions, telling consumers how to recycle, and telling manufacturers and consumers how materials are classified and recyclable technologies support etc.
3. Advocate recycling and improve resource utilization
There are mature cases of recycling and recycling, but it still needs to be popularized and promoted. Tetra Pak has been cooperating with recycling companies since 2006 to support and promote the construction of recycling capacity and process improvement. By the end of 2018, Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong and other places had eight companies specializing in the recycling and recycling of post-consumer dairy beverage paper-based composite packaging, with a recycling capacity of more than 200,000 tons. A recycling value chain with a wide coverage of recycling network and gradually mature processing technology has been established. Watch box
Tetra Pak also launched the world’s first aseptic carton packaging to obtain the highest level of certification – Tetra Brik Aseptic Packaging with a lightweight cover made of biomass plastic. The plastic film and lid of the new packaging are polymerized from sugarcane extract. Together with the cardboard, the proportion of renewable raw materials in the entire packaging has reached more than 80%. Wig box
4. Fully biodegradable packaging is coming soon
In June 2016, JD Logistics fully promoted biodegradable packaging bags in the fresh food business, and more than 100 million bags have been put into use so far. Biodegradable packaging bags can be decomposed into carbon dioxide and water in 3 to 6 months under composting conditions, without producing any white garbage. Once widely used, it means that nearly 10 billion express plastic bags every year may be phased out. On December 26, 2018, Danone, Nestlé Waters and Origin Materials cooperated to create the NaturALL Bottle Alliance, which uses 100% sustainable and renewable materials, such as cardboard and wood chips, to produce bio-based PET plastic bottles. At present, due to factors such as output and price, the application rate of degradable packaging is not high.Paper bag
Post time: Feb-16-2023