The future of packaging design - green packaging

Packaging has the function of promoting the development of commodity economy, but the large amount of packaging used in manufacturing has brought considerable negative effects to society. The packaging industry consumes a lot of resources, and waste packaging causes pollution to the environment. Therefore, packaging designers should have a strong sense of environmental protection, fully consider the box structure of the packaging, the use of materials, and the printing process, until the final garbage disposal, etc., as far as possible reasonable, save material, beautiful and practical. Therefore, it is necessary to promote green packaging design awareness.
The vast majority of packaging after use, can not escape the possibility of becoming garbage, and in the logistics process, packaging is indispensable. How to reduce waste and how to recycle waste packaging is a major issue facing the development of a global ecological balance.
According to related materials, the current annual output of plastic packaging in China is more than 2 million tons, of which disposable plastic packaging, which is difficult to recycle, accounts for 30%. According to other statistics, China produces about 16 million tons of waste per year, including up to 1 million tons of waste per year for plastic packaging products, mainly plastic packaging lunch boxes, cup plates, foaming materials, beverage bottles, and various Confectionery and food plastic outer packaging, as well as a variety of plastic bags. According to experts, these white garbage will not disappear on the surface for quite some time.
This shows that packaging waste has been slowly eroding our living environment. We should scientifically process the domestic waste produced each time. At the same time, the production or use of a variety of plastic packaging manufacturers and related supervision departments, but also responsible for looking for scientific and reasonable ways or through the development of alternative products to curb the environmental problems of packaging waste.
The mention of green design, green packaging and initiatives can be described as a welcome news in this field and should become the reality of civilization and the direction of future development. As early as the 1980s, Germany took the lead in introducing "green dots" (DER).
GRUNEPUNKT, the green packaging of the product packaging) is the "green packaging" of the logo. In the following ten years, green packaging rapidly developed in countries around the world. In 1993, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) formally established the “Environmental Protection Committee” and set out to formulate green environmental protection standards.
Formally implemented in the world in January 1996, it has now been widely recognized and promoted by countries around the world.
In addition to using the green logo, the development of green, eco-friendly packaging materials is the most substantial measure. For example, in familiar candy packaging, glutinous rice paper and ice cream packaging corn wafer packaging cups are typical edible packaging. Such materials are both economical and non-polluting and are worthy of promotion.
Furthermore, recycled and recycled materials should be used as much as possible to increase the recycling of materials and save global resources. Such as our common beer, beverages, soy sauce, vinegar and other packaging used glass bottles can be used repeatedly recycled materials; renewable materials refers to polyester packaging and then recycled, can be recycled by physical and chemical methods to recycle . In Finland, the recycling rate of plastic bottles is as high as 99%. In shopping malls, people consciously send waste bottles to recycling machines, and the recycling machines return the amount. This has given concrete recognition and implementation of environmental protection awareness.
The degradable material is a material worthy of further research and development. After being used, the material is gradually degraded and reduced in the natural environment under the action of light and microorganisms or microorganisms in the soil and water, and finally reenters the ecology in a non-toxic form. In the environment, return to nature. For example, a French dairy company manufactures a kind of lactic acid extracted from sugar beets into yogurt boxes and cup plates. The basic raw material of this ecological box is beet, which becomes a light, strong material through the incorporation of substances. The boxes (cups) made of this material can be decomposed into farm manures below 55 degrees Celsius and 60 days. . For another example, paper materials are widely used in the packaging industry. The raw materials of paper are mainly natural plant fibers, which are rapidly decomposed in nature, resulting in low levels of environmental pollution and can be recycled. In many international companies, recycled paper is used for the production of annual reports and publicity materials, and letter paper and letter paper are made from recycled paper to reflect its green focus on the environment and establish a good corporate image.
To sum up, solving the problem of green packaging from the development of packaging materials is an important way, and it is also one of the factors that guarantee the sustainable development of this field. In addition, the accurate and rational selection of materials in the packaging design process, combined with perfect creativity, can also play a decisive role in the development of green packaging.
Throughout our history, many packages that have survived today still deserve our design and reference. For example, rice bran packaging in China is an excellent traditional packaging design. The exterior of the packaging, the loquat leaf, is derived from the natural plant reed. The fragrance of the loquat leaves not only adds to the endless aftertaste of the rice bran, but also discards it in nature after use. Easy to break down. As far as China's pottery is concerned, pottery products have been widely used in life since ancient times. Pottery is made from natural sand, hard and easy to hold, and it is easy to use and return to nature. In China's wine packaging design, there are still good applications of pottery and porcelain everywhere. The ingenious design of the shape, together with the artistic processing and ingenious collocation of the hue and the text, this kind of packaging still retains its modern sense, and deeply immerses the literacy of ancient Chinese culture. It can be said that it has formed a magical relationship with the principle of green packaging. . This shows that as long as local conditions, Qiaoyi craftsmen, based on local materials, can save energy and conducive to environmental protection, in this sense, the development potential of such packaging is immeasurable.
In the packaging design, in addition to the selection of materials that can be easily degraded and returned to nature, saving materials is one of the main contents of the green packaging. If a package overemphasizes its structure, layers of packaging paper and packaging are intended to enhance the high grade of commodity packaging. Despite the exquisite decoration methods and high design quality, due to the waste of materials, it is also not worth advocating. If the design of the packaging, clever and vivid, beautifully crafted, can enhance its collection value, create its re-use opportunities, this is a design trend worthy of promotion.

Another example is that in the past, Chinese people bought vegetables on the street and used only a hand-held basket. This was a very common phenomenon at that time. But now this vegetable basket has been replaced by a variety of plastic bags. Although the plastic bag is convenient for a while, it has brought troubles that are difficult to handle. It can be seen that when people go to a grocery store or supermarket every time they purchase daily necessities, they may wish to buy another blue basket or shopping bag that can be used repeatedly. This will not only reduce the generation of garbage, but also save energy consumption, which is also the protection of the environment. The embodiment of consciousness.
Countries such as Europe and the United States once again designed discarded records as packaging containers such as fruit trays, used corrugated cardboard boxes for recycling, and carefully designed seats with different functions in life. It not only gives old materials new uses and lives, it returns them to consumers, and at the same time has a unique cultural taste. The re-use of similar materials is common in the packaging field, especially in countries and regions where the economy is developed and cultural literacy is high. In developing countries, the degree of re-use of used waste is not enough, and people's participation is not extensive enough, which is worth our careful consideration.
In addition, in the design language, more emphasis should be placed on the promotion of environmental protection messages, and the atmosphere of green packaging should be revealed among patterns, names, colors, and characters to form a mainstream of design. In the design, we always appreciate the harmony between design and production, the tacit understanding of production and consumption, and the harmony between life and ecology. When designing, we should consider the use of resources, environmental impact, and solutions in all aspects, from material selection, structural functions, manufacturing processes, packaging methods, product use, and waste disposal. In the design process, the principle of conservation is always applied. Energy consumption should be reduced as much as possible, and it should be easy to disassemble so that materials and components can be recycled.
Green packaging is not only a great revolution in packaging design itself, but also a great revolution in packaging materials, and it is also a great revolution concerning the development of our human existence. Green packaging brings more challenges to packaging design. It also brought more opportunities.
With the development of the world economy, how to protect resources and the environment and create a good space for survival and development is the basic strategy for implementing a sound global sustainable development of the economy. It is hoped that green will truly become the charming color of the 21st century, and green packaging will truly become the future of packaging design.