Measures to develop green packaging

At present, the international green packaging system has become one of the main contents of setting up green standards in developed countries. The green packaging system requires that imported goods be packed to save energy, easy to recycle or reuse after use, easy to decompose naturally, not pollute the environment, protect environmental resources and consumers' health. According to this institutional principle, in the past decade or so, developed countries have taken measures to formulate laws and directives on packaging that contain clear environmental protection measures, mainly in the following categories:
1. Prohibit the use of certain packaging materials in the form of legislation. For example, legislation prohibits the use of packaging materials containing components such as lead, mercury, and copper; appliances that cannot be reused; packaging materials that do not achieve a specific recycling ratio.
2. Establish a storage return system. Many countries require that alcoholic beverages and soft drinks should use reusable containers. Some countries (such as Denmark) require that they fail to meet this standard and refuse to import it.
3. The implementation of tax incentives or penalties means that manufacturers who produce and use packaging materials are given tax exemptions, low tax concessions, or higher taxes based on the safety of the raw materials used for their packaging or the packaging used or whether they are partially recyclable packaging materials. Taxes to encourage the use of renewable resources.
In addition, Europe and the United States have also formulated relatively complete regulations for the recycling and disposal of packaging waste. Germany is at the forefront of the world in this respect. The German packaging law promulgated in 1991, in the form of a national decree, stipulated the recycling rate of sales packaging, and made explicit and strict the recovery and disposal of packaging waste. The regulations put forward the principle of "whoever pollutes and who govern." A French law on household packaging waste borrowed the German principle and stipulated that the manufacturer or importer of packaged food must be responsible for the recovery of household waste.
They may either join a government-backed industrial systems organization or establish their own recycling system or participate in a deposit plan. It does not have specific indicators, so it is more flexible when implemented. This is a French system that is considered by other European countries as a model. The recycling and use of municipal solid waste in the United States is conducted in a completely different way. It places greater emphasis on operating in accordance with market mechanisms, emphasizing the disposal of all waste, not only on the disposal of packaging waste; setting general, focused re-targets rather than making unreasonable recycling for each material. Proportions and deadlines.