"Double 11" approaching, express delivery business volume will usher in a peak period.

Today, the average daily express delivery in our country has exceeded 300 million pieces, which has brought a lot of domestic waste——

　　How to "slim" into "green" express packaging

　　It's another year's "Double 11" shopping festival. Recently, various e-commerce platforms have launched the "Double 11" shopping war pre-sale mode, and netizens have started the "buy, buy, buy" online shopping spree.

On November 1st, major e-commerce platforms will begin to deliver goods one after another, and the express delivery business volume will also usher in a peak period of skyrocketing.

　　In recent years, China’s express delivery industry has developed rapidly. 15 years ago, the average daily express business volume was only 3 million pieces. In 2021, the average daily business volume has exceeded 300 million pieces.

However, behind the huge amount of express packages is the continuous increase of express packaging waste, and the huge amount of domestic waste brings tremendous pressure to environmental protection.

　　Reject "Mollusoid" packaging and build a green packaging standard system

　　Only one pen is wrapped in a one-meter-long plastic film, and a bottle of nail polish is covered with three packaging cartons... Excessive packaging and secondary packaging of e-commerce products make express delivery more "puffy".

After the "five-flower-tied" express package was opened, a large number of cartons, plastic packaging bags and foam filling were thrown into the trash can and turned into domestic garbage.

Data show that in China's megacities, the increase in express packaging waste has accounted for 93% of the increase in domestic waste, and in some large cities it is 85% to 90%.

　　Ms. He, who lives in Beijing, told reporters about her online shopping experience: "I once bought a 125ml bottle of lotion online. At that time, I received a courier box about the size of a shoe box. After opening it, it was stuffed. Four pieces of foam, the lotion is also wrapped with several layers of bubble film with tape. In fact, this skin care product itself has a very beautiful packaging, and it is a waste of express packaging."

　　A small product is wrapped in layers of packaging into a "mock doll", which not only wastes resources, but also causes environmental pollution. It is imperative to promote the green packaging of express delivery.

In December 2020, the Office of the State Council forwarded the "Opinions on Accelerating the Green Transformation of Express Packaging" by the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments, and proposed that by 2022, a unified, standardized and binding express green packaging standard system will be established, and e-commerce express mail will no longer The proportion of secondary packaging reached 85%, the application scale of recyclable express packaging reached 7 million, and the level of standardization, greening and recycling of express packaging was significantly improved.

　　Ma Junsheng, director of the State Post Bureau, pointed out that in response to the main problems in express packaging, in the past three years, we have achieved initial results in promoting the greenization of express packaging, such as promoting the original box delivery of e-commerce express mail, reducing excessive packaging; the recycling of express packaging , Highlighting environmental protection benefits while reducing costs; set up courier box collection points at courier outlets to facilitate residents to participate in recycling at designated locations.

　　Decrease at the source, calculate the "two accounts" of the economy and environmental protection

　　The source of waste generated by express delivery lies in packaging, and the packaging consumables of massive express delivery should not be underestimated. It has become the consensus of the express delivery industry to "slim down" for express delivery.

Xiao Li is a packing and delivery clerk in Tmall Supermarket. At work, he discovered that many goods in the supermarket this year can be shipped in the original box by simply affixing the express delivery slip, without having to wrap a carton.

And many products of daily chemical brands are equipped with tape-free cartons that match the size of the product.

　　At the Express Logistics Operation Center of the Post Branch of Jining City, Shandong Province, a staff member skillfully sealed the express box with tape while introducing to the reporter: "We now use the'one character, cross, and tic tac toe' packing method. Come and pack, so you can use less tape." The person in charge of the express logistics operation center said that the use of narrow tape with a width of less than 45 mm and scientific packaging methods can not only reduce pollution, but also save a lot of costs for the company. .

　　"Slimming" express packaging is not only an "economic account", but also an "environmental account" that cannot be ignored.

Jingping Shao, vice president of JD.com and head of JD’s retail marketing and commercialization center, said that through the use of reduced packaging, recycled packaging, and recycled materials, every package received by consumers on JD’s platform this year’s "Double 11" On average, 210 grams of paper packaging materials, 11 grams of disposable plastics and 25 cm of tape can be saved.

　　Recycling makes express packaging "green"

　　Optimizing express packaging requires not only "reduction", but also "recycling" efforts.

In fact, many express packaging boxes and fillings can be recycled.

At present, many express delivery companies have begun to gradually promote the use of recyclable express boxes and recyclable packaging bags.

　　At Best Express Transit Center, reporters saw recyclable collection bags with chip identification and route tracking functions, which were used in the whole chain of delivery, distribution and transfer, and delivery of goods at the outlets.

Compared with traditional disposable woven bags, this kind of collection bag can be reused for more than 40 times, effectively reducing consumables and also reducing the generation of express packaging waste from the source.

　　It is understood that Cainiao has launched a pilot program for green shipping of recycled packaging materials in 10,000 inns across the country, and encourages everyone to leave the packaging materials in the inns for free use by other senders.

At the Cainiao Station of Tianjin Normal University, you can see a specially opened green recycling area that can recycle about 5,000 cartons every day, and 80% of incoming parcels and packaging can be effectively recycled.

During the "Double 11" period in 2021, Cainiao will lay an additional 13,000 green recycling boxes to encourage consumers to recycle express packaging.

"It is estimated that during the event, the reusable express packaging materials will be recycled more than 6.6 million pieces." Cainiao's "Double 11" event person in charge said.

　　Hu Hualong, deputy director of the Solid Waste and Chemical Management Technology Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, believes that while reducing volume at the source and eliminating the problem of excessive packaging of express delivery, it is also necessary to establish a good environmental awareness among consumers. E-commerce and express delivery should be adopted. The payment method shared with consumers has jointly established a virtuous cycle system of express logistics.

The person in charge of the ZTO Express business department stated that ZTO has begun to implement separate billing for express delivery and packaging fees in some provinces and cities at present. It is up to consumers to choose whether to provide express packaging, so as to guide consumers to pay attention to and improve excessive packaging. , Encourage the secondary use of idle cartons.

　　(Our reporter Dong Bei)