Online shopping has become a part of people's daily life. How to handle express packaging when taking out items from packages? Some people tear up the express package to avoid personal information disclosure; Some people will throw it away casually; Some people also accumulate and sell as waste products... But these methods of disposal have drawbacks: waste of resources, and packaging pollution caused by adhesive tape. According to data, in 2016, the national express delivery volume reached 31.3 billion pieces, and the logistics pollution caused by express packaging was shocking. (August 23, Chongqing Morning Post)
The booming e-commerce has driven a huge volume of express delivery business, while excessive packaging has also led to waste and pollution. The shocking number of express packaging makes people have to examine the phenomenon of excessive packaging and lack of recycling in the express industry.
It is urgent to "multi pronged approach" to curb excessive packaging in express delivery. First of all, for e-commerce, innovative ideas should be provided. Currently, several major e-commerce and express delivery companies attach great importance to the issue of express delivery recycling and have taken corresponding measures. Among them, JD.com has quietly implemented the express carton recycling business in Chongqing. If buyers return the carton after signing for the goods, they can obtain several Jingdou per carton, and can deduct cash when shopping next time. This is a good measure to get more with one stroke. Other e-commerce companies may wish to learn from the ideas of this website and find ways to recycle carton resources, which not only reduces the operating costs of e-commerce companies, but also provides consumers with convenient ways to protect the environment, making recycling behavior more normalized.
Secondly, while e-commerce and express delivery industries are booming, it is urgent to establish a standardized system to reduce packaging consumption. Some experts pointed out that there is currently a lack of unified standards for domestic express packaging, and there has been no unified standard for the structure and specifications of express packaging to be implemented, which has brought many difficulties to the production, storage, and logistics of express packaging. Therefore, it is particularly urgent to promote "green and appropriate packaging", appropriately utilize packaging materials and combinations, implement reduction, maximize packaging space savings, and reduce express packaging waste.
Finally, the country should make efforts in legislation, policies, and other aspects to actively promote the improvement of the current recycling system construction. Some preferential policies can be adopted to support industries that recycle, produce, and use renewable resources. E-commerce and express companies should provide packaging recycling services to recycle more waste express packaging. Practicing environmental protection has always been a game between corporate profits and social benefits. Currently, it seems that "correcting" excessive packaging, allowing logistics enterprises to both save costs and taste the "benefits" of environmental protection, is the future direction of the development of the express industry.
In short, there is no real garbage in the world, only resources that are misplaced. Express packaging recycling is a huge system involving government, e-commerce, logistics, and other parties. In order to achieve the best benefits from the recycling of express packaging, it is urgent to work together in multiple ways to provide comprehensive protection for the "green" of express packaging, so as to encourage all parties to actively participate in the ranks of "green packaging", achieve mutual benefit and win-win results for all parties, and avoid resource waste.
