"Double 11" is coming soon, and the express delivery industry will also enter the highest peak of the year, and a large amount of packages will also bring massive amounts of packaging waste. In this regard, the State Post Bureau of has issued clear requirements for the green management of express packaging. Major express companies have also promoted the industry to green and reduce development by using recyclable express boxes and slimming tapes.
recyclable express boxes and transfer bags play a big role
Replace traditional express packaging with recyclable express boxes is an effective way to reduce packaging volume. This year, major express delivery companies have vigorously promoted the use of recyclable express boxes and recyclable transit bags.
SF Express has used confidential transportation boxes, airport circulation boxes, fragile product circulation transfer items, food circulation boxes, solar photovoltaic panel circulation packaging and other products for different scenarios. At the same time, based on the original Feng-box circulation box, SF Express has launched a new carbon neutral product Fengduobao circulation packaging box, which uses simpler materials that are easier to recycle, easy to clean and resistant to penetration, and strengthens the protection of express delivery internal parts. As of the end of December 2021, 720,000 Fengduobao recycling boxes have been put into use, achieving 2.8 million recycled use.
This year's Double 11, Cainiao will promote nearly 100,000 Cainiao Stations in the country to continue to carry out express packaging recycling and replacement of eggs, and use old packaging to send express delivery. Compared with previous years, Cainiao will use more intelligent equipment this year to improve the efficiency and experience of returning the box: In Cainiao Station, consumers can package the express delivery in front of the smart device and scan the noodle sheet, and they can record green behavior and receive carbon energy, which can be exchanged for physical rights such as eggs.
For recycled express packaging, Cainiao will increase efforts to promote recycling, and the proportion of users who use recycled express packaging to send express delivery users to continue to increase on the basis of previous years, and use recycled packaging materials to make 50,000 sets of renewable notebooks to donate to rural primary schools.
Zhongtong uses green circulation transfer bags in more than 90 transfer centers and some outlets across the country. Compared with traditional disposable woven bags, green circulation transfer bags can be reused for more than 100 times, saving more than 50% of the cost of a single use.
As of the end of 2021, ZTO has invested 14,457 recycled express boxes, and the secondary packaging rate of e-commerce express parcels has reached 92.15%. A total of 24,000 packaging waste recycling devices have been deployed, and a total of 1,8549,204 recycled bags have been invested.
Yotong strengthens source control for e-commerce parts and recommends that e-commerce customers ship original express delivery directly to reduce secondary packaging of e-commerce parts. At the same time, green packaging was implemented. In the first half of 2022, 95% of packaging materials that meet the standards were purchased and used, and the proportion of standardized packaging operations reached 94%. The total number of recyclable express boxes purchased and used exceeded 60,000, and 5.949 million corrugated cartons were recycled and reused across the entire network, and nearly 600,000 biodegradable express bags were invested in the total biodegradable express bags.
electronic dough sheets and slimming tapes are gradually popularizing
In addition to promoting the use of recyclable packaging boxes and packaging bags, the gradual popularization of electronic dough sheets, printing reduction, and slimming tapes are also providing green energy for the express delivery industry.
In response to the multi-color and color printing problems of express packaging, YTO has adopted the latest packaging design printing reduction method to reduce color types and color matching, reduce the printing area, and reduce the damage to the environment and human body by ink pollution. According to calculations, by removing the too dark part of the express packaging, the area of express packaging mimeographed is reduced by 1/3.
express tape is also an integral part of packaging waste. ZTO purchases "slimming tape" below 45 mm that complies with national standards, industry standards and relevant national regulations, and gradually promotes and uses it throughout the network. As of the end of 2021, the packaging ratio of "slimming tape" was 92.62%.
also has the electronic "slimming" of express noodle slips. Compared with traditional noodle slips, one single one electronic slip saves 4 pieces of paper compared to five slips. It is not only greener and more environmentally friendly, but also brings great convenience to couriers. At present, electronic bills have been fully popularized in major express delivery services. ZTO YTO and other companies have stated that the current electronic bill usage rate is 100%.
2025 express delivery outlets will completely ban this behavior
0 The State Post Bureau announced at a regular press conference in the fourth quarter of 2022 that it has organized the entire industry to carry out a one-year special governance on excessive packaging and random packaging of mail express delivery since April 2021.Through more than a year of governance, the proportion of packaging materials that meet standards and standardized packaging operations in the entire industry have increased by 30 to 50 percentage points year-on-year, and the rate of secondary packaging of e-commerce parts has increased by more than 10 percentage points.
As of the end of September, the proportion of the whole industry purchasing and using packaging materials that meet standards and standardized packaging operations reached 90%. A total of 9.78 million recyclable express boxes (boxes) were placed, 122,000 recycling devices were laid out at the postal express business investment outlets, and 640 million corrugated cartons were recycled and reused. The green management of express packaging has achieved initial results.
The State Post Bureau has made it clear that by the end of this year, the proportion of purchasing and using packaging materials that meet the standards will reach 90%, the proportion of standardized packaging operations will reach 90%, the number of recyclable express boxes (boxes) will reach 10 million, and 700 million corrugated cartons will be recycled and reused. At the same time, the goals are determined to ensure that by the end of 2025, non-degradable plastic packaging bags, plastic tapes, disposable plastic woven bags, etc. will be prohibited from the use of non-degradable plastic packaging bags, plastic tapes, disposable plastic woven bags, etc.
