How to deal with courier packaging after double 11

[China Packaging Network News] This year's "Double 11" has just ended, many "handsman family" got the favorite online shopping products, but also left a "mass" courier packaging waste. Yesterday, an interview with the reporter found that after the online shopping spree, a large number of courier packaging waste generated at the same time, many residential garbage bins are packed with online shopping goods packaging materials, there are common express plastic bags, cardboard boxes, but also tape, cardboard, plastic The bubble, how these packaging garbage are handled has become a headache for many people.

It's also a waste to dismantle

"A set of cosmetics, in addition to its own three-tiered packaging, the seller also used plastic foam paper, shock-proof foam, the gap is also stuffed with newspapers, plus the courier company's packaging, a total of six or seven layers have to count it." This year " "Double 11", the public Miss Yang from the Internet "second kill" to a set of cheap cosmetics. Yesterday, she took the parcel from her courier and took her home and could not wait to take it apart. Seeing the goods intact, Ms. Yang is very satisfied with the company's "serious packaging", but in the face of losing the packaging materials, I feel very wasted. She said that these courier boxes are useless and occupy a lot of space. They can only be thrown away as garbage.

With so many express packages, how do people deal with it? The reporter randomly interviewed more than a dozen citizens who received express delivery. According to everyone, the boxes and paperboard that are packaged can be recycled as paper waste, and they will sell more when the waste products are sold. Plastic bags, sponges, foam boards and other fillers are generally not recovered and can only be thrown away. According to statistics, China's current express carton recycling rate of less than 20%, including transparent tape, air bags, plastic bags, including packaging, most of them were sent to the garbage dump, the main raw material for these packaging is polyvinyl chloride, It takes a hundred years to degrade. If it is burned, it will produce a lot of pollutants.

"Excessive packaging" has difficulties

“More than one layer of packaging is more than one layer of protection. Like the more delicate products such as glass products and tablet computers, at least four layers are to be packaged. The first layer is the packaging of the product itself, the second layer is a bubble film, and the third layer is Carton box, and then set up a courier bag, and finally wrapped in several rounds of tape. "Reporter on Taobao contact a glass bottle owner. The other party said that the reason for the express delivery of "big five tie" is mainly afraid of damage during transportation, not only the customer does not buy it, but also took the freight and then re-delivery.

According to an industry source, e-commerce companies will increase the strength of packaging by using a large amount of tape to prevent the overpackaging because of the protection of the goods. Although such packaging is costly and laborious, many e-commerce companies choose to “prefer more than not less” for transportation safety.

Recycling packaging is a bit difficult

During the “Double 11” period this year, the province’s express mail (mail) business volume will exceed 33 million, an increase of more than 30% over 2015. In other words, at least 33 million bags or boxes must be produced, and tapes, foam fillers, and other materials wrapped around several turns are not included. How to deal with these express garbage has become a big problem.

During the interview, some members of the public suggested that the courier company should recycle it for secondary use. However, the reporter consulted with a number of express delivery companies. They considered the actual situation and currently do not have a corresponding recycling service.

Xiao Liu, a courier who has been in the express delivery industry for many years, said that for the courier, calculating the wages based on the workload is money. Under normal circumstances, courier bags are disposable, and box packaging is taken directly by the customer. And some courier is not convenient to open, or open is not convenient to take, the courier also has difficulties in the actual operation, recycling courier packaging is a waste of time.

For the recovery of express packages, many people also have concerns: Environmental protection is certainly a good thing, but the packaging cycle, how to ensure the health? In particular, you must not use old packaging.

Packaging needs to be "green"

The relevant person of the Municipal Postal Administration stated that in August of this year, the State Post Bureau issued the “Implementation Plan for Promoting the Green Packaging Industry in the Express Delivery Industry”, and clearly stated that it must achieve significant results in terms of greening, reduction, and recycling, and proposed that it be phased out by 2020. Excessive toxic and harmful substances in the packaging materials, basically completed the social package express recycling system.

Specific to our city, we will strengthen the management of the recycling and disposal of packaging waste in the future. Among them, enterprises will be encouraged to renovate and upgrade their technical equipment, and research and development will promote the use of materials such as biodegradable adhesive tapes, environmentally friendly fillers, recycled paper, and packaging products for environmentally friendly ink printing. Guide enterprises to promote the use of recyclable packaging materials and strengthen the management of the recycling and disposal of packaging waste.

In addition, relevant experts from the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences said that solving the problem of express garbage is a systematic project involving the joint efforts of packaging suppliers, express delivery companies, e-commerce companies, businesses, and consumers, including not only the logistics industry, and the express delivery industry. Competent authorities issue normative documents, but also need to provide special funds to support the development and recycling of packaging materials, encourage the express companies to recycle packaging and other initiatives, in addition to the use of environmental protection materials and recycling links, there should be corresponding provisions of the law.