In the 1960s, the famous "Roman Club" proposed environmental protection and began to arouse people's concern about the unrelenting consumption of natural resources and the destruction of the human living environment. Afterwards, the United Nations successively issued the "Declaration of the Human Environment" and adopted "Our Common Future", proposing a new concept of "sustainable development." In particular, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed epoch-making resolutions such as the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the Century Guidebook. Some social and economic scientists have integrated environmental factors into the fields of science and technology and production, and incorporated them into the national economic indicator system. At the same time, some of the world’s advanced industrialized countries and related organizations have established environmental protection organizations and established environmental standards and related policies and regulations. Since then, in the global context, an irreversible green wave has been set off.
Since China’s reform and opening up, economic development has developed rapidly, and people’s living standards and consumer attitudes have undergone great changes; they have gradually dissolved into a new era of green revolution including green packaging consumption, green materials, green products, and green packaging. .
China has successively established the Environmental Protection Committee and the China Environmental Labelling Products Certification Committee, and has formulated many laws and regulations such as the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and the Law on Prevention and Control of Solid Waste. Proposed management regulations for green packaging waste.
During this period, the Shanghai Municipal Government proposed a three-year action plan for the implementation of an environmentally-friendly city in order to promote the reduction, recycling, harmlessness, and development of recycling waste in Shanghai. The Shanghai Packaging Technology Association played a functional role in industry management with its own academic research. In December 1997, it organized the “Green Packing Professional Committee†in the national packaging industry organization, organized relevant companies, experts and scholars, and jointly conducted this. The project is conducive to human society and the development of circular economy system engineering. Committed to green packaging technology research, promoted the development of green packaging materials and packaging containers industry. From then on, each year during the “World Environment Day,†organize relevant experts and industry experts to hold green packaging seminars, green packaging product exhibitions, experience exchanges on recycling of packaging wastes, and conduct in-depth social exhibitions to promote conservation of resources and promote resources. Reproduction and other activities.
After working from multiple angles and involving multiple departments and working together in a wide range of fields, we have achieved a healthy development of the green packaging industry while bringing about the recycling of disposable foam plastic lunch boxes, the main target of “white pollutionâ€. 70%. At the same time, people's awareness of the reduction in the use of resources and the use of renewable resources has increased; people have been caring for the environment and the simplicity of conservation has been promoted. We will implement the Action Plan for Environmental Construction in Shanghai and make positive contributions to the development of circular economy.
As for the effectiveness of the prohibition of production, sales, and use of disposable foam plastic lunch boxes nationwide, the reason why most provinces and cities have not been able to implement them thoroughly is mainly to replace biodegradable plastic lunch boxes, etc. (1). There are still problems with the overall quality; (2) The quantity cannot be fully satisfied; (3) The high prices are not accepted by the users. The emergence of counterfeit and inferior products in forced promotion, despite the fact that relevant departments are busy with investigations, prohibitions, and penalties, has caused the majority of the areas that have already been implemented to repeat.
China is a large country with a population of 1.3 billion. Taking Shanghai as an example, its population is more than 16 million. The daily consumption of disposable foam plastic lunch boxes is about 800,000 to 900,000 yuan. Disabling or replacing is not an easy solution. Moreover, the prohibition of production and sales bans involve the economic benefits of many companies. Therefore, in dealing with this task, we must consider the importance of comprehensive consideration of economic, social, and environmental benefits. In response, Shanghai introduced the "Shanghai disposable plastic box management alternatives," its "source control, recycling, and gradually prohibit, encourage substitution" 16-character principle, both to seize the source, but also pay attention to the end, to promote adequate resources Recycling also purifies the urban environment.
In short, after many years of promoting and developing green packaging systems, especially in handling disposable foam plastic lunch boxes—renovating “white pollution†work practices, our feelings and experiences are very profound. It comes down to the fact that, for such a huge project that involves a wide range of fields, we must conduct a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the actual situation and future development of the economy and society with a scientific and realistic approach, and then make a careful decision. It was precisely at the Third Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee that the party put forward: To establish a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable scientific development concept.
By contrast, summarizing the experience and lessons in our economic construction, for the packaging industry, the promotion and development of green packaging is a matter of urgency. There are many articles that can be done. We will continue to explore and innovate. Guided by the "Scientific Outlook on Development" to promote and ensure the comprehensive, healthy and sustainable development of China's packaging industry, including green packaging.
(author/gold knife)
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