[Chinese Packaging Network News] In the current commodity market, from high-end tea, food, health products, alcohol and tobacco, to ordinary dumplings, lanterns, moon cakes, fruits, etc., as long as a put on a luxury package "vest", the value of goods Instantly rose, even turned several times. Although China has introduced relevant laws and regulations to curb the over-packaging of commodities a few years ago, this phenomenon is still uncommon.
Why hasn't the legislation been effective for many years? How should we formulate and improve regulations to curb excessive packaging? The reporter recently conducted a survey.
A few days ago, the reporter went to a gift shop in Huanghe Road, Zhengzhou. In the boutique display area of ​​the store, the reporter saw a bottle of high-grade white wine in a beautiful box of ebony wood carved with a vivid dragon-shaped pattern. There is also a beautifully styled handbag. According to the staff of the store, “The total price of this beautifully packaged liquor is 1,200 yuan, which is very affordable.†However, the reporter saw the same model in another store but did not have beautifully packaged liquor. The price was only 500 yuan. /bottle. The flashy packaging has caused the price of the commodity to turn up several times.
In addition to high-end gifts, eggs, fruits and other foods that are frequently consumed in daily life are also faced with the problem of excessive packaging. The reporter recently saw a supermarket at Garden Road, Zhengzhou City. The original 4 yuan a pound of eggs would have risen by 50% if it was packed in flower baskets. Similarly, a box of mooncakes that looks ordinary and unpredictable, if they are covered in "luxury coats," their worth will skyrocket.
Why is there so much overpacking in the market? In this regard, Professor Wei Fengjun, standing member of the China Packaging Education Commission and director of the Flexible Packaging Research Center of Henan University of Science and Technology, said: “China has been a state of etiquette since ancient times. Many people think that better packaging can truly reflect the feelings that they want to express, so many people choose to package. Exquisite gifts are presented to relatives and friends.In addition, due to the imperfect laws and regulations governing the over-packaging of goods, law enforcement agencies cannot punish companies that manufacture and sell over-packaged goods, making over-packaged winds widely present in our daily lives. In particular, health products, foods and cosmetics are the most prominent."
Regarding over-packaging of goods, in fact, as early as 2009, the country issued the industry standard of “Restriction of excessive packaging requirements for goods—food and cosmeticsâ€, and there is a supporting technical specification “Rules for inspection of food and cosmetics packaging inspectionâ€. However, due to the imperfect standards and lack of legal coercion, the over-packaging of the market has not fundamentally improved.
"Suppression of excessive packaging is a systematic project that is not as easy as we think." Wei Fengjun said, "There are many kinds of commodities in daily life. Judging whether commodities are over-packaged is a key issue, but there are no relevant regulations and standards that can be carried out at present. It is also very difficult to formulate such a standard or statute on a unified measure.At present, China has only one industry standard, but this standard only covers the food and cosmetics field, and the scope of the restriction is relatively narrow, and it is only a normative document. There is no mandatory or legal nature that can have a wide impact on society. Many companies do not follow this standard and the relevant departments cannot enforce mandatory supervision. Therefore, such a standard alone cannot fundamentally curb excessive packaging of goods. phenomenon."
So, how do you solve the problem of excessive packaging of goods? In response, the relevant person in charge of Zhengzhou Shengge Packaging Products Co., Ltd. said: “As an enterprise, it is necessary to do a good job of self-discipline. While producing safe packaging for the society, we must pay attention to adopting new technologies and new methods and develop more green packaging. Green environmental protection packaging products appear as soon as possible in daily life.†In addition, many netizens also put forward their own opinions. Netizen “Zi Xiaoxiao†suggested: “In addition to perfecting related laws and regulations, we must ideologically correct the concept of liking luxury. Related departments can communicate the dangers caused by excessive packaging to the people through publicity lectures, and allow the people to strictly meet their own requirements. Himself, refuse to over-pack, and oppose any form of waste."
“At present, the state has not clearly defined the responsibility for production and sales in over-packaging supervision. To solve the over-packaging problem, there should be some hard rules. At the national level, it should be clear who is over who is responsible.†said Wei Fengjun. "We can learn from foreign experience. For example, in France in the early 1990s, legal forms required the producers of goods to bear some of the costs of recycling waste packaging. After the introduction of this regulation, French manufacturers tried to simplify packaging and facilitate recycling. In order to reduce costs and make products more competitive, as far as our province is concerned, on the one hand, compulsory measures should be introduced to improve relevant laws and regulations to curb over-packaging, and on the other hand, related companies should be encouraged to do a good job in the recycling of packaging waste. , improve the processing system, strengthen self-discipline in the industry, and make the packaging market more green and healthy."
Wei Fengjun said: “Limiting the over-packaging of goods is consistent with the implementation of current conservation and environmental protection advocated by the central government. However, the traditional Chinese etiquette custom has made ordinary people attach great importance to packaging. This is also the root cause of over-packaging. When consumers purchase goods, they are more rational and change the wrong concept of 'packages can reflect value', so that those 'beautiful rubbish' will disappear sooner."