Environmental protection is a very complicated issue. Therefore, when designing packaging, the impact of packaging on the environment should be taken into consideration, and ecological awareness and environmental awareness factors should be incorporated into the entire design.
First, save raw materials from packaging design. Should try to avoid excessively luxurious packaging and over 20% of the volume of the "fat" package. Reduce the use of packaging materials and strive to reduce packaging.
Second, choose easy to handle packaging materials. In Japan, for example, there is a common type of drink, Jaku tt, which uses a specially designed cup-shaped container with a tear-off bottom. After tearing the bottom, people can easily flatten the container for recycling. There is also a liner pouch box. After the contents are finished, the cartons can be easily separated from the pouches and can be easily handled when recycled.
Third, the use of decomposable packaging materials. Danone, a German dairy producer, uses biodegradable cans to package dairy products. The cans are made from Polyactic acid (PLA) extracted from beetroot, which has the advantage of being decomposed into water, humus, and carbon dioxide within 60 days. According to the relevant information, the recently researched starch resin plastics use bio-degradation to allow plastics to easily return to nature.
Fourth, use renewable packaging materials. Such as: waste paper, aluminum cans, tin cans and other packaging waste, recycled after recycling. In the United States, the recycling of milk and beverage cartons has developed very rapidly. In just four years, more than 1,300 schools across the United States have adopted them, and some schools have reduced their waste disposal and waste disposal costs to 80%. In the government office in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, office materials and toilet paper are recycled paper.
Fifth, choose pollution-free packaging materials. Use heavy metal-free ingredients for dyes, paints, etc. on packaging containers or labels to develop green packaging.
In short, in order to protect our living environment, packaging design has attracted more and more attention. We must pay close attention to the emerging status of green design and consumption in the world, take the virtuous cycle of developing pollution-free eco-packaging products, and realize the good wishes of mankind to return to nature.
Preventing the pollution of packaging waste to the environment has become a matter of great concern to all countries in the world today. According to relevant information, there are about 150 million tons of municipal waste generated in the United States each year, of which one-third is packaging waste. Each year, the European Community countries have about 100 million tons of municipal solid waste, including more than 8,000 tons of packaging waste. Japan has about 50 million tons of municipal solid waste, including 21 million tons of packaging waste. China produces about 15 million tons of packaging waste each year (estimated figures). A lot of packaging waste has caused serious environmental pollution. For this reason, the International Packaging Symposium held a wide range of academic discussions and exchanges on the theme of “Recycling and Environmental Protection of Packaging Wasteâ€. How to save resources from packaging design and reduce packaging waste has been valued by people from all walks of life.