Make express more "light" and "green", and express recycling bins become the industry consensus

On November 3, Huasheng Online (all media reporter Huang Yaping), the annual "Double 11" promotion, the new and old e-commerce battle is raging. In the peak season of express business, the problem of over packaging of express delivery has attracted much attention. The State Postal Administration has proposed that by the end of 2025, the use of non degradable plastic packaging bags, plastic tape, disposable plastic woven bags, etc. will be prohibited in postal express outlets nationwide. What measures have Changsha express enterprises taken to promote green packaging? On November 3, the reporter of Sanxiang Metropolis Daily conducted an investigation.
Interview: Express box recycling box standard configuration
"This is your express delivery. The removed cartons, bubble film pads, and air column bags can be placed in the green boxes at the door for customers who need to send express." On November 3, in the Cainiao Post Station in a community on Xiangjiang Middle Road, Kaifu District, Changsha City, after the stationmaster took out the express package with the corresponding code from the shelf, he habitually reminded the recipient to leave the outer package of the express delivery.
The reporter of Sanxiang Metropolis Daily noticed that a green recycling box printed with "Let the packaging be recycled and sent again, and let the resources be recycled" was placed next to the scanning machine at the express collection point. The box was about one meter high, with a large number of yellow paper boxes, bubble column fillers and express bags piled inside. "The original express delivery requires customers to bear the carton fees and packaging fees, and the minimum size of the express box is 1 yuan. The cartons that are not damaged or deformed can be reused, and customers can save 1 to 3 yuan of packaging fees." The stationmaster introduced.
According to the reporter's visit, at present, it has become the consensus of the industry to equip the outer packaging recycling containers for express delivery at the collection points of Momma Post Station, Cainiao Post Station and other express delivery outlets and the distribution points at the end of the express company. The stationmaster and the person in charge of the express company will regularly clean the cartons in the containers and provide them to customers free of charge. For example, many outlets of Hunan Post in Changsha have also set up packaging waste recycling devices, and recycled packaging materials are provided to customers for free for recycling.
(In a express distribution center in Changsha, the staff are sorting express delivery. Photographed by Huang Yaping, an all media reporter)
Industry: express delivery is becoming more and more green, and departments work together to build a co governance system
The green transformation of express packaging is related to people's livelihood and high-quality development of the industry. "Let express more green" is no longer a slogan, but a visible action of various enterprises in the express industry.
"Shunfeng strives to reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption through the whole process of packaging, transportation and transfer." Yang Qian, the Public Affairs Department of Hunan Shunfeng Express, said that two years ago, Shunfeng began to transform the express packaging, introducing the recycling packaging box "Feng BOX", container container, recycling document seal and other recycling containers with zippers instead of sealing tape.
Hunan Post, on the other hand, has fully used narrow tape with a width of less than 45mm. In all postal outlets and investment departments, it has gradually used degradable plastic tape and degradable plastic packaging bags. It has promoted scientific packaging methods, resisted excessive wrapping of tape, and insisted on appropriate packaging. Novice announced that this year, the "egg replacement by express package" activity was launched in 130000 Novice post stations across the country. Consumers left express packages after picking up items at the post station, and could receive green gifts such as eggs after scanning the code; The old express cartons recycled at Cainiao Post Station that cannot be reused will be pulped into exercise books, which will be sent to primary school students by public welfare institutions.
Recently, the State Postal Administration said at the regular press conference in the fourth quarter of 2022 that it will comprehensively strengthen the control of excessive packaging of mail express, implement the national plan for plastic pollution control, and ensure that by the end of 2025, the use of non degradable plastic packaging bags, plastic tape, disposable plastic woven bags, etc. will be prohibited in postal express outlets nationwide.
According to the relevant person in charge of Changsha Postal Administration, it is preliminarily estimated that the express business in Changsha is expected to grow by more than 20% over the same period last year. It requires all postal express enterprises and e-commerce enterprises to consciously implement the goal of green, standardized, reduced and recyclable express packaging, take the initiative to use a joint electronic coupon, and promote the application of green and low-carbon equipment such as environment-friendly recycling boxes (bags), environment-friendly tape and transit boxes, Let express "light" and "green".