Since China's accession to the WTO in December 2001, more than half a year ago, green barriers and environmental protection barriers have also frequently brought us new challenges. To this end, various localities have established environmental protection mark certification classes. During the World Environment Day 2002, the Beijing Baoxie Association and the Shanghai Baoxie also launched a series of activities for the recycling and cherishing of packaging waste. On September 3, Premier Zhu Rongji made a commitment on behalf of China at the “Earth Summitâ€. It officially opened the curtain for the second revolution of packaging waste recycling and green packaging in China.
The rise of the second revolution of green packaging In order to solve the resource and environmental problems, many developed countries in the world have adopted “waste resource recycling†(including packaging waste) as the focus of national economic construction in recent years. Two birds with one stone and two birds have achieved twice the multiplier and created a worldwide “ The climax of the resource revolution. Innovation in packaging has also entered into a new era of “second revolution†in the recycling of packaging waste from the “3R green packaging†that began in the 1970s. In response, some areas in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, etc., have also begun to take corresponding actions to carry out waste separation, recycling, and so on.
On August 3, 1996, China issued the "Decision on Several Issues Concerning Environmental Protection" (hereinafter referred to as "decision"). The "Decision" stipulates that, while implementing the environmental quality administrative leadership responsibility system, controlling old pollution, controlling new pollution, and prohibiting the transfer of waste pollution, it is necessary to raise awareness of environmental protection, protect and rationally exploit natural resources, and vigorously develop environmental protection industries and waste utilization. We will implement a strategy for sustainable development and earnestly safeguard the rights and interests of our country. Since 1996, ISO14000, the international standard for ISO, has also begun to be implemented in China. After six years of practice, China's business community and the packaging industry have already had a certain level of understanding. They have taken a solid step toward green products and environmentally friendly packaging, and have made gratifying achievements.
Green Packaging and WTO Rules The so-called “green packaging†is packaging that meets international environmental standards and adapts to national green regulations. It is the only standard for green products, green packaging, and “green†companies. The purpose of the International Standards Organization's development of environmental protection standards is to provide companies with an effective environmental management system. It is combined with other management elements (such as the quality assurance system) to help "enterprises" achieve environmental and economic goals.
After China officially joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001, many countries have used WTO rules to achieve the purpose of actually restricting imports. As a result, various green barriers and environmental protection barriers have been erected in front of China's export packaging products. According to China Customs, the export of frozen chicken products returned in the first three months of this year was 9.2 times higher than that of the same period of last year; the standard of tea testing pesticides exported to the EU from 29 to 62; the number of vegetable inspection items exported to Japan increased from 6 To more than 40 kinds, and so on. The new international standards describe the importance and urgency of the establishment of environmental protection standards and environmentally friendly packaging systems. They apply to companies of all types and sizes as well as to various geographical conditions, cultural backgrounds and social conditions. The adoption and implementation of a series of environmental standards is crucial, and it helps to bring satisfactory results to all stakeholders.
In order to achieve the "Green Packaging" goal, the International Organization for Standardization encourages enterprises to implement and adopt the most suitable, most feasible, and most effective "green technology" or "clean process", aiming to achieve a balance between global environmental protection and resource economic development. Final goal. Environmental problems such as “white pollution†caused by old-style packaging have proved that the sustainable development of packaging must take the road of environmental protection, and “green packaging†must be incorporated into product standards. Therefore, environmental protection standards have practical and guiding practical significance for the packaging industry.
New Green Composite Materials Contemporary solid waste composites use various solid wastes as raw materials to produce various composite materials through different process technologies. The new material thus produced not only maintains the original main performance of each component, but also often has new characteristics that are not found in the original component, thereby obtaining the best effect of avoiding weaknesses and increasing the value of solid waste. Wasteable resources are generally divided into five categories: 1 waste inorganic non-metallic materials composed of waste agricultural film, waste rubber, waste plastics, etc.; 2 waste inorganic non-metallic materials composed of waste glass, waste paper, etc.; 3 Waste old cans, waste wires, etc. constitute waste metal materials; 4 industrial waste consisting of foundry waste sand, fly ash, etc.; 5 agricultural and forestry waste consisting of straw, bark, sawdust, etc. Through a series of processes such as the recycling of solid waste, a variety of composite materials such as polymer-based composite products, silicate-based composite products, metal matrix composite products, and ceramic matrix composite products were eventually introduced to the market.
From the above, it can be seen that the “secondary revolution†triggered by the national strategy for the recycling of wastes has caused packaging wastes to escape from incendiary and indiscriminate means such as incineration and landfilling, as well as a single industry-based regeneration and reuse, and others. Marriage integration in the industry, such as the development of waste plastics, glass bottles, plastic bottles, old wooden boxes, scrap metal, broken ceramics, waste composite materials, and other packaging wastes developed in Shanghai has become a vast area for renewed military use.
Developing green environmental protection packaging to promote the development of the second revolution The implementation of the green environmental protection packaging strategy is for the sustainable development of the packaging industry and is also part of China's green strategy in the new era of the new century. In 1996, China's "Decision of the State Council on Certain Issues Concerning Environmental Protection" pointed out that in order to basically control the trend of increasing environmental pollution and ecological damage and improve the environmental quality of cities and regions, we must reduce the generation of waste and develop waste utilization channels. China's promulgation and implementation of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law" also made clear this direction of development.
With the continuous development of human society and the increasingly prosperous economy, the two major problems of environmental pollution and resource shortage are increasingly becoming the focus of attention of countries in the world in recent years. For this reason, many countries have listed waste resource recycling as a priority for economic construction, such as the French “Rules for Waste Management†in 1996, the German (modified) “Packaging Principles†in 1998, and the “Environmental Action (5 years) for the European Union in 2000. The "China Plan" and China's "Declaration on Joint Action for Green Packaging" in 2002 have set off a new upsurge in the "revolution of the secondary resources industry" worldwide.
In response, the Chinese government has also attached great importance to it, and in 1990 it established China’s first “Resources Research Institute†that is in line with international standards. In 1995, the country again focused on solid waste composite materials. The “Special Action on Comprehensive Utilization of Resources and Technologies†was conducted; in 1997, the State invested heavily again to create the “National Engineering Research Center†for the recycling of solid waste in China, in order to promote research results in the field of waste recycling to the industrial system. - The renewable resources industry lays the foundation for the "second revolution" of green packaging.
In summary, the implementation of international environmental protection standards, the implementation of waste utilization and resource strategy, promote the development of China's green environmental protection packaging, overcome green barriers, environmental protection barriers are new trends in the new century, the new era, we are also facing the "second revolution" of green packaging. The international packaging trend. Let us work together for environmental protection and packaging, for the benefit of future generations of waste, for the “second revolution†of green packaging, and for the sustainable development goals of the “Earth Summitâ€.