China's express delivery business reached 400.7 billion units in 2017, up 28 percent year-on-year, accounting for more than 40 percent of the world's total, ranking China the world's largest for four consecutive years, according to the 2017 Express Market Supervision Report released by the State Post Office.

It is worth noting that while the amount of express delivery has grown geometrically, the consumption of packaging, tape and other items required for express delivery packaging is also very alarming. The industry said that with the rapid development of e-commerce platforms and express delivery industry, express packaging waste is far more and more, and there is a tendency to expand from cities to rural areas.

According to relevant data, in 2015, China's express delivery consumed 9.922 billion boxes, 1.6985 million meters of tape, and 8.268 billion plastic bags. In 2016, some 3.2 billion woven bags, 6.8 billion plastic bags, 3.7 billion boxes and 330 million rolls of tape were consumed. The above data shows that express waste has become a new problem in environmental governance.

It is well known that plastic bags used for express delivery are often complex in composition. They are mainly made of chemical materials, household waste, etc.. They contain harmful pollutants, can not be reprocessed, and can not be degraded. Most of them can only be buried or burned, and have a great deal of safety. hidden dangers. On the other hand, one of the buyers and sellers is "Lee" and the other is "Beauty." Express parcels are often three floors outside the third floor. Excessive packaging is terrible. The corresponding reality is that the overall recovery rate of China's packaging waste is less than 20 %, of which less than half of the carton is recycled, and the siege situation is even more severe. All along, the large amount of express packaging, low recycling efficiency, and serious waste of resources, express overpackaging has been criticized. Industry insiders said that small packaging is a mirror reflecting the implementation of the concept of green development, extensive development of the delivery industry is time to transform and upgrade. Therefore, express packaging how to "slim down" and effective recycling has become an urgent problem. Source reduction.To some extent, the control of the source is relatively easy. The relevant departments can use legal means to explicitly implement the reduction requirements for goods and express packaging, including restrictions on the use of disposable non-degradable plastic products, which must be regulated by legal means. Zhaoyingmin, vice minister of ecology and environment, has said that to reduce the source of express packaging waste, it is proposed to promote green packaging, green procurement, green logistics, green recycling, and significantly reduce resource consumption and pollutant emissions in the production and flow process. It is particularly urgent and important. Center recovery. Most express packages are eventually discarded by consumers as household waste, and some of these things are recyclable and some are not recyclable.

In order to promote the reduction of express waste, we should raise the awareness of recycling, establish a perfect recycling system, and introduce necessary incentive mechanisms. With regard to packaging waste recycling, it is also possible to learn from successful experiences abroad. For example, through the enactment and implementation of the Packaging Recycling Act, Japan is committed to the construction of a recycling system, encouraging the establishment of a large number of recycling stations in the country, and transporting them to special treatment centers for recycling and recycling through regular recovery and aggregate transit. Use green packaging. To promote the greening of express delivery packaging and effectively solve the problem of waste pollution, it is necessary to establish and improve corresponding laws and regulations, adopt clear packaging technical standards for goods, and make mandatory the recycling of packaging waste, so as to curb waste and reduce pollution at the source. Of course, the "over-packaging" of express delivery involves packaging material suppliers, e-commerce platforms and businesses, consumers, express delivery enterprises and other subjects. Promoting the "greening" of express delivery packaging requires joint efforts.

Transfer from: China Logistics and Procurement Network