Defining the responsibilities of all parties in laws and regulations is conducive to waste recycling and accountability, and Germany's approach in this regard is very prominent. In the 1990s, Germany promulgated the Measures for the Management of Packaging Wastes, proposing that the management of packaging wastes should conform to the requirements of? Reduction, reuse, recycling and final disposal? Orders, and set the recycling targets and time limits of different packaging wastes, forcing packaging manufacturers and sellers to be responsible for packaging recycling. The measures also set quantitative standards for packaging waste from collection to final disposal, such as stipulating that 80% of packaging waste and 100% of transportation packaging must be recycled, so that each link of packaging treatment has specific standards to follow. Germany has also promulgated the "Packaging Recycling Law", which requires that in addition to packaging manufacturers, enterprises, agents, wholesalers and retailers engaged in transportation must also be responsible for recycling packaging.
Japan: Encourage packaging recycling.
In Asia, Japan's performance in green packaging is very outstanding. Japan not only formulated and implemented the packaging recycling law, but also devoted itself to the construction of recycling system, encouraging the establishment of a large number of recycling stations in China. After consumers classify the packaging waste, Japan's collection and transportation system transports the classified packaging waste to a special processing center for recycling and remanufacturing through regular recycling, collection and transfer.
In other words, express packaging should be planned from the source to minimize the waste generated by packaging. For most developed countries, the question is not whether products and packaging should be more sustainable, but how to achieve sustainability. In terms of green packaging, it is a common practice in many developed countries to stipulate commodity packaging with policies, regulations and technical standards.
United States: Recycling packaging enterprises can reduce taxes.
The United States has been paying attention to green packaging since the 1990s. In order to improve the enthusiasm of enterprises to recycle packaging, American state governments appropriately exempt enterprises from relevant taxes according to the level of packaging recycling utilization rate. At the same time, the United States also stipulates in the resource protection and recycling law. Reduce the consumption of packaging materials and recycle packaging waste? . World-renowned carton manufacturers such as Tetra Pak, Elopak, Lv Wei Packaging and Combibloc have established carton committees to promote the recycling of cartons in the United States. At present, the United States has formed an industrialized operation in packaging waste recycling, which not only improves the environment, improves the utilization rate of resources, but also provides a large number of employment opportunities.
In addition to packaging design, some American companies are also actively exploring packaging material technology. The wine packaging in the picture is made of straw, which has high strength, convenient logistics and transportation and environmental protection.