Rapid Growth Of Express Waste, Strengthening Comprehensive Management Is The Focus Of The Industry.

Online shopping has become a part of people's life.

Accompanied by the rapid increase in the number of express garbage.

Statistics show that in 2015, the whole country

The total length of the adhesive tape used is 16 billion 985 million meters and can be circled 425 times around the equator of the earth. In 2016, there were about 30 billion express parcels in the country, and the volume of trash, such as paper shells, tapes, plastic bags and so on, could be imagined.

Experts say that if the garbage is handled properly, the pollution will be very serious.

It is suggested to strengthen comprehensive management from many aspects, such as reducing express over packaging, applying decomposable materials, strengthening recycling and improving relevant supervision and management.

Li Meng is a "online shopping man" who receives a large number of express parcels every week.

"Many express, in addition to the outer packing box, it is also stuffed with foam blocks, buffer bags and other stuffing."

She said, generally, there are layers of adhesive tape outside the box.

And after the courier came out, "box can not be used, basically can only be lost."

A large number of express packaging, so that after only once, they become garbage.

Reporters in Hubei, Liaoning, Tianjin, Jilin, Beijing,

Research on garbage pfer stations and garbage disposal sites in other places found that the boxes used for sending Express were visible everywhere, occupying a large proportion of rubbish.

Most of the cartons or cartons mixed with domestic waste and construction waste are stained and hard to recycle.

In some garbage storage and pportation spots in Beijing and Changchun, the number of paper boxes, plastic bags and some express packages of many well-known electric providers is quite small.

In 2016, the State Post Office released the report on the development status and trend of green packaging in China's express delivery area.

According to the report, in 2015, China's express industry consumed about 20 billion 700 million express orders, about 3 billion 100 million woven bags, 8 billion 268 million plastic bags, 3 billion 105 million envelopes, 9 billion 922 million packaging boxes, 16 billion 985 million meters of adhesive tape, and 2 billion 977 million internal buffers.

According to the average use of 1 meter long adhesive tape per express, the total length of adhesive tape used by the express delivery industry in 2015 is 16 billion 985 million meters, which can circle around the equator 425 times.

At the same time, in 2016, more than 30 billion express parcels were produced in China. According to the prediction of the State Post Office, it will reach 50 billion by 2018.

The express industry uses a lot of non degradable plastic bags and tapes every year to discharge 20 million to 30 million tons of carbon dioxide each year.

In the survey, reporters learned that online shopping and other factors led to a sharp increase in express waste, and thus become a new source of pollution affecting the ecological environment.

According to the data released by the State Post Office, in 2016, the volume of express delivery in China was 31 billion 350 million, representing an increase of more than 50% over the 20 billion 600 million cases in 2015, and has increased by more than 50% per year for six consecutive years.

The data released by Hubei postal administration show that the volume of courier business is obvious.

From 2016 to October, the total business volume of Hubei postal enterprises and express service enterprises totaled 15 billion 176 million yuan, up 41.58% from the same period last year.

Huang Wei, President of Shenyang express Association, told reporters that in 2016, the volume of business volume of Shenyang express enterprises totaled 192 million 890 thousand and 600, an increase of 75.97% over the same period last year.

With the rapid growth of the volume of express delivery, many domestic provinces and cities express delivery package caused by the rapid growth of spam.

Reporters found that many express excessive packaging phenomenon.

In Hubei, Beijing, Tianjin and other places, couriers of several express companies told reporters that express packaging includes a variety of materials, in addition to cartons and plastic bags, there are also a large number of plastic foam for filling fragile items, used for fixed tape, and courier documents.

In particular, in order to avoid disputes caused by the pportation process damage and the trouble of returning goods, a large number of merchants "rather more do not get less", and the "three layers and three layers" increase protection, leading to the growth of packaging materials.

And these plastic foam, tape and other packaging, it is difficult to degrade.

Another phenomenon is that single use leads to difficulty in recycling.

Reporters learned that, for consumers, due to the increase in online shopping, the use of express packaging is mostly discarded directly. At present, there is no recycling system for express packaging. Most domestic chain express companies have not yet carried out related businesses, and the problem of "recycling is difficult" exists for a long time, and recycling is not easy to achieve.

Huang Wei introduced that at present, some express industries in Shenyang are promoting the circular utilization of express packaging cartons, mainly by the courier in the process of distribution and delivery, recycling cartons.

"Generally, a carton of one yuan is used to recycle the express cartons from the customers and recycle them."

However, only a few large express companies are doing this.

"This needs to be gradual, and there must be a time course."

Huang Wei said.

The rapid growth of express packaging not only brings huge waste of resources, but also brings serious environmental problems.

How to deal with these express rubbish has become an unavoidable problem.

Experts and insiders suggested that we should take measures to strengthen comprehensive management.

First of all, improve the relevant standards, standardize the express packaging materials, advocate recyclable packaging.

Hubei provincial CPPCC member Wan Yi has suggested that the relevant departments as soon as possible to introduce express packaging related

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He said that in 2011, the State Post Office issued the "guidelines for the operation of express business operations", which stipulates that the packaging of express goods should be packaged in accordance with national and industrial standards, but there are no specific standards and no guidelines for recycling.

"Next step is to make it clear that the use of non environment-friendly materials should be prohibited for express packaging and reduce the use of harmful packaging materials from the source."

Secondly, to contain the express "over packaging", to refine the relevant requirements and enhance the execution.

A number of experts interviewed said that in 90s of last century, Germany promulgated the "management measures for packaging waste", and put forward that the management of packaging waste should follow the order of "reduction, reuse, recycling and final disposal", and set the target and time limit for the recovery of different packaging wastes.

For example, 80% of the packaging waste and 100% of the pport packaging must be recycled.

In addition, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and other countries have provisions, the restrictions are very specific, these practices can be used for reference.

For example, the volume of packaging exceeds the volume of the goods must be less than 1/10; the weight of the packaging can not be greater than that of the package; the value of the packaging can not be higher than that of the package.

Again, preferential treatment.

To encourage enterprises and consumers to participate in express garbage collection.

According to bideli, director of the Institute of low carbon development of the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, reducing the packaging waste of the express industry requires express companies to set up the idea of environmental protection and energy conservation, recycle them through recycling boxes, strengthen innovation, and use degradable and recyclable packaging instead of traditional express packaging boxes and bags.

Experts point out that if the express rubbish causes environmental pollution, the cost of governance will be very high. Instead of spending funds for post governance, it is better to introduce corresponding preferential policies. On the one hand, encourage enterprises to strengthen the technological research and development of environmental packaging materials; on the other hand, encourage Express enterprises to apply more recyclable materials, and explore the integration mechanism of express assembly, pportation, recycling and reuse.

At the same time, for consumers, we should strengthen publicity and education, and encourage the electricity supplier to take express delivery package, exchange points and other forms to enhance the utilization rate of express packaging.

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