It is still far away from the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the issue of excessive packaging of moon cakes has surfaced. A few days ago, new national standards were introduced to further reduce the weight of moon cakes. The new standard mandates that the outer packaging of moon cakes should not exceed 3 layers, and it is recommended that the proportion of packaging costs in the total value be reduced from 25% in 2005 to 12%.
It is understood that the packaging of tea, cakes, wine, beverages and other foods and cosmetics has also been incorporated into the new national standard monitoring. This is a good thing. If you think of it, you may think that it might be a good idea to extend the coverage and scope of the promotion. It is well known that the moon cakes are overpacked. However, some hidden overpacks are often ignored by people. For example, if you buy a large bottle of yoghurt, you can open it and see that half of the bottles are actually empty. Toothpaste looks like a bulging tube per tube, but a pinch reveals the filling; there are also small food items and large boxes. Boxes, boxes and bags, the process of finding food is like digging a treasure. Drugs also had similar phenomena. They took out a big box of medicine from the pharmacy. After the knife and scissors were all taken apart, they found that the tablets were not more than a dozen tablets. There was a lot of packaging and underlays. Patients often think that they have to eat so much medicine, and they are terribly apprehensive, and then in the process of continuous demolition and packaging, they are not angry about the drug charges spent on packaging. According to sources and documents, up to 40 million tons of packaging materials are contained in 200 million tons of domestic garbage produced each year in China.
As we all know, this year is a year of big price increases. It should also be a year of strict savings. According to statistics, in the food packaging materials, the price of paper boxes increased by 30% year-on-year, the price of cardboard boxes increased by 15%, the price of iron ore increased by 65%, and the price of raw materials for foods increased by 25%. Under such circumstances, manufacturers who are indulging in extravagant packaging may have to change their packaging style because of the increase in cost, but they cannot be seen at the same time that the aforementioned “hidden over-existing†is quietly becoming commonplace. Simply making boxes and bags of suitable sizes is not difficult in today's technological environment. It is also the pursuit of companies to reduce costs, and it is also a promotion of environmental protection. Why don't you do this simple thing? Is not always thinking, drilling and drilling prices in disguise.
(Beijing Evening News Zhang Li)