Talking about the beautiful packaging for making garbage

As the holiday season approaches, a variety of beautifully packaged boxes are placed in a conspicuous location in the shopping mall. Many ordinary foods (such as wine, sugar, etc.) are also covered with beautiful clothes, so that people look good when they give gifts. The problem of excessive packaging of goods has been talked for many years. Not only has it not changed, it has become increasingly fierce. As we all know, Japan is one of the countries that pays most attention to packaging in the world. However, in recent years, the concept of environmental protection has been deeply rooted in people's minds. Japan has also begun to pursue simple and green new fashions in terms of commodity packaging.

In the past, in Japanese stores, the packaging of goods was often irrelevant, and opened a beautiful layer of packaging, which is likely to be a very common thing such as a banana or a few biscuits. Japanese people are very particular about packaging. Now, the importance of environmental protection has changed the Japanese concept of packaging. Today's Japanese businessmen try to use raw materials that do not pollute the environment when packaging food.

â–  Packaging design considers recycling

Ninety percent of Japan's milk is sold in crumpled paper packaging, which is a good education. Children can be exposed and used environmentally friendly "green" products from childhood. The easy-to-squash packaging not only has a lower production cost, but also can reduce the occupied space, facilitate the reprocessing, and reduce the transportation costs. Japan's most common drink, Yakutt Health Drinks, also uses a bottom tearable cup-shaped container. After tearing the bottom, one can easily flatten the container for recycling.

Every year in Tokyo, Japan, a packaging design competition is held. An award-winning beverage package called EcoPac is widely used. The package consists of a 100% recyclable cardboard box and a bag inside the box for holding the beverage, also known as a Bagincarton/box. The main purpose is to make it easier for people to separate the carton from the bag, and it is easier to handle when it is sent to the recycling process. At present, most of the alcoholic beverages on the market in Japan use such packaging. Another new packaging design that is beginning to be accepted by Japanese consumers is the standing bag (pouch). Since opening the bag is more likely to spill the internal liquid than opening the bottle, the opening of the bag is specifically designed to facilitate opening. This kind of bag packaging is mainly to replace plastic bottles. To compare the two, the former uses only 1/5 of the plastics. In addition to beverages, many of the edible oils sold in Japan are sold in composite paper packaging, which greatly reduces the use of plastics.

The packaging of Japanese dish cleaners can also take care of environmental protection needs. After the consumer has used the detergent for the first time, he can buy the detergent sold in the vertical bag on the market, and then pour the detergent into the original plastic container to continue using it so that the plastic container does not need to be discarded.

The above are just some of the excellent designs of several environmentally-friendly packaging that are commonly used in Japan. Most of them can reduce the package size and weight, reduce the waste of resources and collect difficulties in reprocessing, and more importantly, they are conducive to the maintenance of human health.

â–  Advocate simplifying packaging and saving resources

At present, most of the materials used to package foods and medicines in almost all countries of the world are plastic products, but it is worrying that, under certain media environment and temperature conditions, polymer monomers and additives in plastics will Dissolution, and very little transfer to food and drugs, causing acute or chronic poisoning, severe and even teratogenic cancer. At the same time, because many plastic products are consumed every year in the world, people are thrown away after use. Because plastics are very difficult to rot, this also leaves the environmental protection industry in trouble. Japan has achieved great results in this regard, especially as many business people operating foods have gradually abandoned plastic packaging.

Although paper containers have replaced plastic containers, the waste generated from packaging is still a problem that cannot be ignored. If they are calculated by weight, they account for 20% to 30% of the total waste, and if the volume accounts for 50% to 60% of the total waste. In response to this situation, Japanese experts suggest that many foods can completely abandon packaging. Taking vegetables and fruits as an example, a survey conducted by the Japan Chain Stores Association showed that 90% of vegetables and fruits do not require sales packaging. If it is the need for packaging, special plastic wrap should also be used to prevent moisture from penetrating into it. If moisture is infiltrated into the packaging, it will speed up the spoilage of vegetables and fruits, causing unnecessary waste and harm to the body.

In recent years, some Japanese local governments and non-governmental organizations have actively carried out the campaign of simplifying packaging, saving resources, and protecting the environment. We called on businesses and consumers to work together to reduce unnecessary packaging. Osaka Prefecture called on manufacturers to reduce packaging to a minimum, and to use containers and packaging that can be reused as many times as possible; businesses are required to know whether they are self-employed when selling merchandise, and if they are self-employed, they hope that customers can cooperate and do not pack. They also called on customers to bring their own shopping bags, try to buy unpackaged food when shopping, try to buy paper-wrapped items when they have to be packaged, and simplify packaging when buying gifts. Through the joint efforts of all parties, Japanese household packaging waste has decreased.

â–  Classified recycling packaging waste

Statistics show that the proportion of Japanese packaging waste (also known as packaging waste, the same below) is no more than those in Britain, the United States, and other countries, but also slightly lower than these countries. For example, about one-third of household waste in the United States and the United States is packaging waste by weight; the data provided by Japan’s “Environmental White Paper” shows that in Japan's household waste, packaging waste only accounts for 22.6%.

Japan also pays special attention to the recycling and recycling of packaging, and strives to conserve resources and reduce pollution to the environment. The Japanese government formulated the "Container Packaging Recycling Act" in 1995, which clearly stipulates that manufacturers and consumers are obliged to recycle various types of packaging wastes for recycling. The law also stipulates that container packaging waste must be strictly classified into metal, glass, paper, and plastic, and be fully recycled.

Consumers should place the packaging waste at a designated place at a designated time, and be recycled regularly by the relevant local government authority or a designated recycling company and sent to a designated factory for reprocessing.

In order to promote the recycling of packaging waste, Japan has also set up a "Japan Container Packaging Recycling Association" as a consortium to guide consumers to actively cooperate with the recycling of packaging waste. At the same time, it also accepts commissions from companies to assist them in recycling container packaging waste, etc. .

â– Festival dedication to celebrate

The holiday season is approaching, and the holiday giver's sentiments are commonplace, but don't blindly pursue good looks and create a "packaging disaster." The consumption habits of the general public will affect the manufacturers' production. If everyone does not need luxury packaging, manufacturers will not waste resources and create beautiful garbage.

Source: Ecological Environment