Green Packaging Becomes Mainstream (II)

“The development of Eckling materials aims to reduce the consumption of natural resources, reduce pollution to the environment and harm to the human body,” said Mr. Cai Hongyu, the representative office of the company in Beijing. “From these perspectives, Ekling materials Better than conventional plastic containers, paper containers, aluminum containers and other traditional packaging materials."
Pure natural environmental protection packaging materials have no pollution, but they have high commercial costs and are a serious waste of the earth's resources. On the basis of following the basic principles, composite environmental protection packaging materials are more cost-effective, non-polluting, and easy to recycle. , will become the mainstream of environmental protection packaging in the future. For example, a new type of metal-plastic composite plate produced by Huan Yue Trading Industry Co., Ltd. in Shantou Special Economic Zone is made of metal plate as the surface layer, thermoplastic modified polyphenylene oxide as the intermediate layer, and the proprietary technology of catalytic fusion is pressed together to form a light weight. Strong rigidity, easy processing and molding, especially suitable for decorative exterior walls. The company's Mr. Yoshizawa said, "Decorating a building with this material is like putting a green packaging on the building."
As the EU, the United States, Canada and other places have restricted the entry of Chinese wooden pallets for export into the market, the need for alternative packaging materials has become more urgent. This has also led to the development and production of alternative packaging materials by the Chinese packaging industry. River Provincial County Sifang Building Materials Co., Ltd. and China Export Commodity Packaging Research Institute jointly developed a honeycomb composite tray. This is a new type of environmentally friendly packaging material that meets international standards. The company's marketing staff believes that "as a substitute for wood pallets, honeycomb composite pallets can be widely used in the packaging and transportation of machinery, electronics, light industry, pharmaceuticals, aviation, textiles and other products."
The use of environmentally friendly technology to carry out the packaging of environmentally friendly packaging involves a wide range. Packaging materials are the basis, and environmental packaging technologies and equipment also determine the amount of "gold content" of environmental packaging. Environmental packaging equipment is a high-tech, high-intelligence, highly competitive product that integrates electromechanical, optoelectronics, bionics, etc., with rapid development and quick update. The world's new high technology is fully reflected in packaging equipment. With the widespread adoption of new composite packaging materials, the requirements for packaging equipment and processes are particularly important.
“There is a clear difference between traditional packaging and modern environmentally-friendly packaging,” Mr. Xiao of the Hong Kong Overseas Chinese Group stressed. “The materials used in our environmentally-friendly packaging are naturally air-dried and absorbed by the soil in a short period of time and under the natural environment. Packaging materials are The printed colors used are also lead-free colors that are harmless to the human body. This requires us to improve the packaging process in order to ensure environmentally friendly packaging."
In Germany, the government's environmental protection requirements for imported goods are very stringent. The connection of imported carton boxes requires the use of an adhesive process. The names printed on carton boxes must use water-soluble pigments and cannot use oil-soluble inks. The surface of the carton cannot be waxed or oiled, nor can it be coated with moisture-proof materials such as plastics and asphalt. To this end, experts suggest that packaging companies should adopt advanced processing techniques in export packaging.
Nowadays, environmentally-friendly packaging adopts fully automatic intelligent and digital packaging equipment, high-speed film making and bag making equipment, super-large hollow container molding equipment of over 1000L, and high-tech packaging equipment such as energy-saving and comprehensive utilization equipment are widely used. In addition, the recycling equipment and secondary processing equipment for used raw materials are also adapted to the requirements of environmental regeneration. The introduction of the ISO14000 environmental standard has made the protection of the environment and maintenance of ecological balance a direction for the development of environmentally friendly packaging equipment (machinery).
Rely on specialized packaging services At present, the international market has different requirements for environmental protection, and countries have different requirements for different commodity packaging. Export companies should choose professional packaging service agencies. These institutions have long been engaged in external packaging business, have a deep understanding of the international market's environmental protection requirements, and have experience in environmental protection packaging. Therefore, Mr. Xiao pointed out that when choosing an environmental packaging organization, it should pay attention to whether the other party's level of printing and packaging is close to that of the international industry, and whether the materials selected by the other party comply with the requirements and requirements of the relevant international organizations and organizations.
According to Export Commodity Packaging magazine, Chinese exporters choose professional packaging service organizations in principle to be determined through four aspects: market research, market positioning (selecting packagers), professional evaluation, and quality control. The stage of market investigation is mainly based on the requirements of international buyers, gathering information in the packaging industry, and the Internet, professional newspapers and magazines are all effective ways to find suitable packaging companies.
Market positioning means that exporting companies obtain more detailed information on professional packaging organizations according to the requirements of their products' environmental packaging, including successful cases, packaging equipment, production processes, employees' skills, asset status, and knowledge of international environmental protection in order to determine the ideal. Packaging service agency.
The professional evaluation is to make use of multi-disciplinary professionals to form an "expert group" to conduct a comprehensive and coordinated assessment of contracted professional packaging service organizations. The purpose is to address the buyer's demand for packaging and to coordinate the professional bodies of both parties to complete the agreement. Quality monitoring includes quality control of the production process and monitoring of the subsequent effects. Quality monitoring is the entire process of the environmental protection packaging process and is the core of the quality control of export companies and packaging companies.
However, according to Mr. Xiao, there are few export enterprises that use professional packaging institutions to carry out environmentally friendly packaging, because the use of environmentally-friendly packaging provided by professional packaging service agencies will increase export costs. However, “it can bring a lot of benefits to exporting companies,” Mr. Xiao said. “The cost of environmentally friendly packaging is generally not higher than 5% compared to ordinary packaging, but the benefits to exporters are enormous. First, exporters do not Because of the environmental pollution caused by the packaging, it is required to pay a large amount of fines; Second, the use of environmentally friendly packaging will help increase product awareness."
At present, western industrialized countries have intensified their awareness of environmental protection and implemented "entrepreneurial trade barriers," which is undoubtedly a new test for China's export industry. For the packaging of electronic information products and household appliances, China's information industry has proposed: In the new era, the packaging of electronic information products should focus on the development and application of high-efficiency, low-consumption, energy-saving and environment-friendly packaging materials, and implement “environmentally friendly packaging”. engineering.