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3. The lack of green consumption restricts the development of green packaging The packaging industry can embark on the road to sustainable development of green packaging will inevitably depend on the regulation and guidance of the market. The direction, mode, and performance of market operations are all due to the interaction of demand and supply. When green consumption has become the mainstream of social consumption, green packaging has become the ultimate support of the market's operating mechanism and has become a necessity.
China's green consumption started late and it has not become the people's spending habits. Taking green tableware as an example, China began to administer "white pollution" from the end of 1994 and started research and development of alternative products. In recent years, there has been a leap in production technology and it is also leading in the world. At present, disposable green tableware mainly includes: pulp molded tableware, light/biodegradable polypropylene tableware, coated cardboard tableware, and plant fiber tableware. In early 1999, the State Economic and Trade Commission issued the sixth order, which has listed disposable non-degradable foamed plastic tableware in the catalogue of products that must be phased out within a time limit nationwide before the end of 2000. Various localities have issued relevant bans. However, the large and medium-sized cities and rural market towns across the country are still "white" and hard to be banned, and "green" is difficult to develop. At present, the annual output of domestic green tableware is about 4 billion, of which 80% of the products are exported, mainly to Japan, the United States, Singapore, etc. Another 20% of domestic sales are for railway transportation and shipping systems, and it is difficult to promote in the fast food industry. Due to the insufficiency of export supply and the severe shortage of domestic market demand (consumption), many green packaging companies are only concerned with foreign markets, neglecting the domestic market or subsidizing the domestic market with the surplus of foreign markets.
Third, vigorously develop green packaging to achieve sustainable development of the packaging industry 1. Green packaging is the requirement of environmental protection, in line with the trend of environmental protection in the world At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, the concept of sustainable development was widely accepted and embodied in the conference. The five important documents are contained in the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21, the Statement of Principles on Forests, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Since then, environmental protection and sustainable development have become the consensus of all countries in the world. Green packaging is the best way to achieve the sustainable development of the packaging industry, the development of the packaging industry and environmental protection, and therefore has received extensive support and response.
2. Green packaging is a requirement of circular economy After the 1990s, the development of knowledge economy and circular economy has become the two major trends of the international community. The circular economy is essentially an ecological economy. It requires that economic activities be organized into a process of "resources-products-renewable resources" in a cyclic and repeated flow of natural resources in accordance with the model of the natural ecosystem, making the entire system as well as production and consumption. In the process, there is basically no or only a small amount of waste generated, thus fundamentally solving the long-standing conflict between the environment and development. Comprehensive utilization of resources, recycling of waste, reduction and harmlessness are important principles and important symbols of circular economy. Green packaging is a packaging industry development model that meets the requirements of circular economy. Therefore, it has been favored by governments of developed countries. Germany, Japan and other countries have even used legislation to promote the development of green packaging and recycling economy, and have received good results. The development of circular economy has a special significance for such a developing country with relatively low per capita resources and low resource utilization. In China, taking green packaging as a starting point, it is very realistic and feasible to fully transition to a circular economy.
3. The broad green market is the driving force for the development of green packaging The total market of the global environmental protection industry is currently around 250 billion US dollars, which is even larger than that of the computer industry and the pharmaceutical industry, second only to the information technology industry. In fact, this market is still growing rapidly, and it has kept rising. The vast green market contains unlimited business opportunities, and huge economic benefits drive market competition toward a more environmentally friendly direction. As far as packaging products are concerned, market competition is no longer merely a competition in the quality, price, and appearance of products, but more importantly, whether it is conducive to environmental protection.
According to statistics, the country consumes 10 billion disposable tableware each year and grows at an annual rate of 600,000 or more. However, the supply of green tableware is currently only 3 billion, and the gap is as high as 7 billion, and the international demand is also very high. Large, the United States and other countries have a production capacity of about 30% of their own needs, and they urgently need to import. Therefore, in recent years, China's green tableware manufacturing enterprises have developed rapidly and have achieved good economic benefits. Various new types of environmentally friendly packaging materials, such as recycled paper, degradable plastics, disposable environmental protection snack boxes, etc., have been popularized by the government and favored by consumers; disposable waste boxes and other packaging waste recycling systems have received unprecedented attention; Inappropriate packaging, such as packaging and fraudulent packaging, has been contained to a certain degree. This opens up a broad market for green packaging and helps the green packaging industry to form a virtuous circle.
4. Rely on technology to promote the development of green packaging Green packaging is a change in packaging concepts, but the real possibility of providing green packaging, and promote the development of green packaging, is the progress of packaging technology. Green packaging must rely heavily on the development results of modern science and technology, guided by advanced technology, advanced standards as the yardstick, and advanced computer technology, materials technology, and manufacturing technology as means. Lack of technical support for green packaging can only stay in the empty conceptual stage. At present, China has begun to recognize the importance of green packaging, and many scientific research institutions have strengthened their research on environmental protection industry technologies. And there are many scientific research results have been better developed. In addition to relying on national strength for scientific and technological development, the active introduction of foreign advanced technologies has been used by me as an important aspect of promoting technological progress.
2. Technological and talent factors constrain the development of green packaging Accelerate technological innovation, develop new packaging materials, new processes and new products, which is the key to the development of green packaging. The rapid development of modern science and technology and the increase in the technological content of products pose a threat to traditional packaging products. The international packaging industry has entered the era of developing green materials and replacing traditional materials. Green packaging is not a return to the original, but is supported by high technology. Due to the lack of investment in and research on new technologies for green packaging, China’s overall technology level is still lagging although it has an international leading level on some products. In addition, China’s shortage of talents in green packaging, especially the lack of management talents, has severely restricted the development of green packaging.