Japan's packaging design promotes recycling and simple ideas

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. 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.

Package 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. The most common drink in Japan, yakutt healthy drinks, also uses a bottom-openable cup-shaped container. After tearing the bottom, one can easily flatten the container for recycling.

Every year in Tokyo, Japan, a packaging design contest is held. A prize-winning beverage package called ecopac is currently in widespread use. The pack 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 standbags (pouches). 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.

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.