Recycling: The Best Way to Protect Environment

Recycling is a process to change materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" waste hierarchy.



There are some ISO standards related to recycling such as ISO 15270:2008 for plastics waste and ISO 14001:2004 for environmental management control of recycling practice. Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, eco friendly packaging and electronics. Although similar in effect, the composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste—such as food or garden waste—is not typically considered recycling. Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.

In the strictest sense, recycling of a material would produce a fresh supply of the same material—for example, used green sustainable packaging would be converted into new green sustainable packaging, or used foamed polystyrene into new polystyrene. However, this is often difficult or too expensive, so "recycling" of many products or materials involve their reuse in producing different materials instead. Another form of recycling is the salvage of certain materials from complex products, either due to their intrinsic value, or due to their hazardous nature.

Critics dispute the net economic and environmental benefits of recycling over its costs, and suggest that proponents of recycling often make matters worse and suffer from confirmation bias. Specifically, critics argue that the costs and energy used in collection and transportation detract from the costs and energy saved in the production process; also that the jobs produced by the recycling industry can be a poor trade for the jobs lost in logging, mining, and other industries associated with virgin production; and that materials such as paper pulp can only be recycled a few times before material degradation prevents further recycling. Proponents of recycling dispute each of these claims, and the validity of arguments from both sides has led to enduring controversy.

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How to Put Green Packaging into Normal Life

In actual operation of food green packaging design, designers will generally take into account whether packaging materials will cause some of the environmental and human health hazards, but little attention they will pay to potential environmental and human health hazards from ink in the process of packaging printing. The green packaging such as eco friendly cosmetic packaging, often called the environmental friendly packaging, refers to the package which is harmless to the ecological environment and human health, can be reused and regenerated, and conforms to the sustainable development policy. Its concept has two meanings, one is to protect the environment, the other is to save resources, and neither can exist effectively without the other. Then how to put the theory into practice?



1.usage of paper material. The molded paper pulp packaging is environmental friendly because of its ingredient, that is natural plant fiber, which will soon rot in nature. The advantages of pulp molding products, besides light in weight, cheap and shockproof, they also have good breathability for food preservation. In the circulation of International commodities, paper material is widely used for packaging of eggs, fruit and glass products that are fragile and easy to be damaged.

2.Reusage of reproducible packaging materials. The land and forest is the basis of ecological balance. Indiscriminately deforestation will bring immeasurable disaster to human society. According to the current situation, reusable packing material should be taken into consideration. For instance, the glass bottles which used to hold beer, drink and soy sauce can be used repeatedly. The physical method is to dispose the products without any residues, and the processed material can be manufactured again.

3.Edible packaging material. It is a good method to deal with the problems between environment and food packaging waste. A company in Australia has developed a kind of edible potato packaging. After eating potato chips, people can also eat the package. Typical edible packaging material such as the packaging for candy and ice-cream may be familiar with people.

4.Biodegradable material. Biodegradable material has the functions and features of traditional packaging materials. It can be directly degraded with the effect of ultraviolet light and microorganism in soil and water.

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Classification of Molded Pulp Packaging

Because the molded pulp packaging is made from some recycled products like newsprint and paperboard, it can be also called molded paper pulp packaging, which can be made in different shapes to give the goods protection, and it is inexpensive compared with other packaging materials.



Molded pulp has different types, but all of them are molded pulp biodegradable. Thermoformed type has the highest quality, of which the process uses "Cure-In-The-Mold" technology that produces well defined, smooth surfaced molded pulp products. The products are captured in heated forming molds which press and densify them and have the appearance of plastic material after being formed. The products are ejected from the heated molds in their finished state as opposed to being dried in a heated oven. Typical uses for this type are for point-of-purchase packaging and those applications where high definition and appearance are of prime importance.

Transfer molded products are the most prevalent type in use today. Prior to the molding process, the mesh is mated with a vacuum chamber that draws water through the mesh into the chamber, with the mesh mold suspended above a liquid return pool. The process uses vacuum forming and take-off or transfer molds, where the mold is an extremely fine wire mesh in the shape of the upper/exposed surface. The fibrous slurries are frequently made up of a high percentage or entirely of recycled newspaper, which produces a relatively smooth surface on one side and a fairly smooth surface on the opposite side with good accuracy and definition. Typical uses of transfer molded products are for packaging electronic equipment, cellular phones and other household and hardware items.

Thick-wall products are used primarily for support packaging applications. The surfaces are very rough on one side and moderately smooth on the opposite side. Product definition is moderate due to the use of relatively inexpensive single-pass molds and the use of mixed recovered paper and Kraft paper slurries. Typical uses are for edge and edge protector, heavy item packaging, auto replacement parts, molded pulp pallet trays etc.

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How to Put Green Packaging into Practice

The green packaging, often called the environmental friendly packaging, refers to the package which is harmless to the ecological environment and human health, can be reused and regenerated, and conforms to the sustainable development policy. Its concept has two meanings, one is to protect the environment, the other is to save resources, and neither can exist effectively without the other. Then how to put the theory into practice?



1. Usage of paper material The paper packaging is environmental friendly because of its ingredient, that is natural plant fiber, which will soon rot in nature. The advantages of pulp molding products, besides light in weight, cheap and shockproof, they also have good breathability for food preservation. In the circulation of International commodities, paper material is widely used for packaging of eggs, fruit and glass products that are fragile and easy to be damaged.

2. Reusage of reproducible packaging materials The land and forest is the basis of ecological balance. Indiscriminately deforestation will bring immeasurable disaster to human society. According to the current situation, reusable packing material should be taken into consideration. For instance, the glass bottles which used to hold beer, drink and soy sauce can be used repeatedly. The physical method is to dispose the products without any residues, and the processed material can be manufactured again.

3. Edible packaging material It is a good method to deal with the problems between environment and food packaging waste. A company in Australia has developed a kind of edible potato packaging. After eating potato chips, people can also eat the package. Typical edible packaging material such as the packaging for candy and ice-cream may be familiar with people.

4. Biodegradable material Biodegradable material has the functions and features of traditional packaging materials. It can be directly degraded with the effect of ultraviolet light and microorganism in soil and water.

Different Requirements for Different Goods

Different types of products requires different packaging boxes. This ranges from technological products and environmental packaging requirements to food packaging in which whether the food can remain freshness and its safety can be guaranteed or not. These packaging requirements are regulated by the government and companies can be fined with a large amount of money if the rules are not properly followed.



First, for medicines packaging, specific packaging requirements are necessary, especially when the medicines are made in pill form. The purpose for packaging is to keep the goods safe, let alone the pharmaceutical packaging which any bad impact on the medicine will directly cause harmful adverse reactions. Therefore, medicines should be packed free from contamination, hinder microbial growth, and safely. In packages, pills are individually kept in plastic with a foil or paper back to keep the medicine as potent as possible. This packaging method also allows someone to easily keep track of how many pills they have. In bottle form, a child safety cap is required on all medicines, so small children will not accidentally take pills which look like candy and overdose. And foil and heat sealing of the packaging should be operated in rigid craft standard.

Most foods sold in supermarkets in packages must have ingredients listed on the package or information about the product and what type of dietary qualities the food has, like percentage of fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates and sugars, and some types of information are required by governments. As for the protection, a barrier from oxygen, water vapor, dust, etc., is often required. Permeation is a critical factor in design. Some packages contain desiccants or Oxygen absorbers to help extend shelf life. Moreover, modified atmospheres or controlled atmospheres are also maintained in some food packages. Perishable foods, such as dairy products and eggs, must have expiration dates printed on them as well, telling the customer when the food will most likely begin to spoil. As for packaging materials, all food sold on shelves of stores must be sealed in plastic or within a cardboard container so it is not easily affected by bacteria or insects in the air of the market.

Technological products require a specific type of packaging to keep them safe while being transferred, in order to keep products from causing environmental hazards while they are waiting to be sold. If broken in the package, the plastic container is designed to hold these chemicals and prevent leaks. Styrofoam peanuts are also not allowed by companies in packaging computer hardware products for their unfriendliness to the environment. Many technology companies have stepped up to study on the green products. This kind of products may not include certain toxic glues which could be environmentally harmful when they are disposed of.

The History of Packaging

Packaging to goods just like clothes to people. Without packaging, goods cannot be well preserved and will be easy to be damaged by outside force. And the importance of it had already been realized by the early people,from taking some plants or metals as the materials to pack, to the new-style materials such as the most popular one in contemporary society, the green packaging, the history of packaging has not only shown human's wisdom but also the progress in people's views and values. Even the container for perfume has been made in eco perfume bottles.



In general, original pack, traditional pack and modern pack are the three periods for packaging.

During the period of original pack, plants were used firstly as the materials of packages. The end products including baskets of reeds, wineskins, wooden boxes, wooden barrels and woven bags. The study on original pack is one of the important issues in archaeology.

About 5000 BC, humans began to enter the Bronze Age. And 4000 years ago in Xia Dynasty, Chinese people had been able to smelt bronze, while in Shang and Zhou Dynasty, bronze smelting technology had further developed.In 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians had begun the glass blowing. Thus, the use of glass, wood and metal in all kinds of packaging containers have had one thousand years of history. The earliest recorded use of paper for packaging dates back to 1035, when a Persian traveler visiting markets in Cairo noted that vegetables, spices and hardware were wrapped in paper for the customers after they were sold. In the 15th century, typography appeared in Europe, from then on, packing and printing began to develop. In 16th century, ceramic industry had thrived in Europe. With the establishment of the first glass factory in United States, packaging began to transit from traditional form to modern form.

Since the 16th century, due to the rapid development of industrial production, especially the industrial revolution in the 19th century in Europe, the development of packaging industry had been greatly promoted.Thereby, the foundation for modern packaging industry and packaging technology's progress had been laid.

In the 20th century, new technology changes with each passing day. Polyethylene, paper, glass, aluminum foil, plastic, composite materials and other packaging materials are widely used. Increasing maturity can be found in technologies from aseptic packaging, shockproof packaging, anti-theft packaging to composite packaging. In the late 20th century, international trade is growing vigorously. Electronic and laser technique are widely used to realize the mechanization and automation of production.

Molded Paper Pulp Packaging Developing Trend

As the international market, import and export volume of transactions increases, the demand for shockproof packaging products is growing.Therefore, molded paper pulp packaging industry market's potential is quite enormous.

When the products are exported to all over the world and they are used in packaging still with EPS foam, then owners need to pay expensive importing country to its environmental costs, and some are even 100% of the product value. In recent years, the international market has begun to against plastic packaging products and more likely to develop environmentally-friendly packaging industry.The current annual production of molded pulp packaging products industry is not high, basically supporting the export of mechanical and electrical, home appliances, far from being able to meet the growing market demand for packaging paper care; there is an urgent requirement to expand as soon as molded pulp packaging industry Packaging Products of production to meet the domestic and international market requirements.

Pulp molding industrial market is potential and profit margins. Molded pulp packaging products, production capacity is still far failed to meet the growing demand requirements, with considerable development potential.In the international and domestic situation under the influence is expected in 5-10 years, molded pulp products for foam products, substitution reach 50% or more, the formation of hundreds of millions of dollars of market share. Pulp molding industry is a sunrise industry in now.

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