Plastic bags are not strange in our daily life. In the market, no matter what you buy, the shop will always use a plastic bag to pack it for you. According to statistics, before the ban on plastic bags was introduced in 2008, China used 1 billion plastic bags to buy vegetables every day, and more than 2 billion bags were used in other industries. On average, each person uses at least two plastic bags a day. However, after the "ban on plastic bags", according to the statistics of relevant departments, by 2016, supermarkets and shopping malls through the way of charging plastic bags, so that the use of plastic shopping bags reduced by two thirds, a total reduction of about 1.4 million tons of plastic shopping bags, equivalent to the reduction of nearly 30 million tons of carbon dioxide.
Despite the slight improvement, as economies and populations grow, hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste are still produced every year, and less than 10 percent is recycled. According to some statistics, if current trends continue and nothing is done, global plastic waste will double or triple by 2060.
In view of this, the governments of various countries are also taking active measures. In the past five years, more than 60 countries have banned or taxed single-use plastics, according to the International Energy Agency. Major economies such as the European Union, the United States and China have upgraded years of plastic bans to plastic bans.
In the face of the grim situation formed by the "ban on plastic", plastic packaging enterprises are also actively looking for a new "way out".
The first is a big push into biodegradable plastics.
It's not realistic for the current industry to really get rid of plastics. Hence, biodegradable plastics. Compared with traditional plastic packaging, degradable plastic can react with bacteria, biomass and microorganisms and decompose after a few months in the natural state, and will eventually be converted into carbon dioxide, water, mineralized inorganic salts and other substances, which will not cause serious pollution to the environment. With the establishment of the goal of "double carbon", coupled with the support and guidance of policy, vigorously developing degradable plastic packaging is a good "way out".
The second is "paper instead of plastic", in order to walk out of the green road.
Since the release of the "ban on plastic", the voice of "paper instead of plastic" is getting higher and higher, which also ushered in a new development opportunity for the packaging industry. "Replace plastic with paper" refers to the paper pulp molded products, made of waste paper and plant fiber as raw materials, products can be recycled, biodegradable and other advantages make it become one of the main choices to replace disposable plastic products.
In a sense, "paper instead of plastic" is more consistent with the concept of sustainable development, is the inevitable trend of packaging development in the future.
The last is to constantly improve their own technological innovation ability.
The sustainable development of environmental protection packaging is inseparable from technological innovation, the future market competition is more technical competition. In recent years, many enterprises have independently developed a variety of environmentally friendly packaging, such as Jindian ink-free, non-printing packaging, Coca Cola 100% plant-based bottles, Budweiser lightest flask and so on. This kind of packaging is often launched as soon as the market is strongly sought after, it can be seen that consumers are particularly supportive of the new environmental protection packaging.
According to data from Qichumchum.com, a total of 5984 plastic packaging enterprises have been closed down, cancelled and restructured since 2022. From the data we are not difficult to find, "ban plastic order" is reshaping the pattern of the whole plastic packaging market. For the large enterprises, because of its abundant capital, technology, has long been a firm step in the industry, and waiting for those scattered and disorderly small enterprises only eliminated.
