Developing green packaging to promote green consumption

1 The rise of the Green Revolution The 20th century, the 1950s and 1960s, was the “golden period” in the development history of the United States and Europe after World War II. Scientific development, industrial prosperity, economic prosperity, and rising living standards have contributed to the advent of a “consumerism” era. While “free consumption” and “rich life”, the negative effects of “consumerism” are also spreading to the world for the depletion of natural resources and the destruction of the human living environment... At the beginning of 1968, Dr. Becha (World renowned economist in economics) U re lio Pecce (i) relied on current affairs, first of all making appeals to entrepreneurs and scientists from various countries to save the "human crisis." On April 6, more than 30 scientists from different countries gathered in Rome to discuss the human ecological crisis. According to the resolution of this meeting, people of insight created the famous "non-official" international "Roman Club". This is a group of world-famous social activists and a group of the best scientists, philosophers, sociologists, etc. The initial members only involved more than 10 countries, and now it has grown to more than 80 countries. They used the “human future” as the research theme, such as desertification, species disappearance, air pollution, environmental damage, etc. They have published more than 20 reports, among which TH E LIM ITS TO GROW TH Famous, published in countries all over the world, sounded the alarm to people. This is an "explosive report" that has been called by the public opinion circles in the west and sweeps all corners of the globe like a storm. On April 22, 1970, with the enthusiasm of young people in the United States, 20 million people held rallies, marches, and speeches. They called on the government to take measures to protect the global environment. This is the world’s earliest “Earth Day event.” The "Roman Club" has a more significant influence in Europe, making Europe a pioneer in "maintaining the ecology," "protecting the environment," and "green packaging." On January 8, 1980, the "Green Party" held its inaugural conference in Karlsruhe, Germany, as a basic principle for the party to "restore ecological balance" and "establish social justice." In 1983, the German Green Party made its first victory in the German election and was promoted to the third largest party in 1994. In 1998, he became one of the ruling parties and used "ecological modernization" as a guide to governing the country. The British Green Party and the Swedish Green Party also set new records in the European Parliament elections. After that, France, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, Italy and other countries also followed closely to promote ecological balance and carry out the green revolution. 2 The Green Movement Global Club research report attracted the attention of UN officials. In early 1970, the United Nations decided to set up the "Man and the Biosphere Project". Its purpose is to systematically study the ecological structure and function of the Earth, and to predict the impact of human activities on the biosphere, and to provide a scientific basis for improving the relationship between humans and the environment. On June 5, 1972, the United Nations held the World Conference on Environment and Development in Sweden and issued the "Declaration of the Human Environment." The declaration pointed out that protecting and improving the human environment has become an urgent task for mankind. The annual World Environment Day event began in 1973. In June 1987, the United Nations Commission on Environment and Development held its 8th meeting in Tokyo and adopted "Our Common Future." For the first time, a new concept of "sustainable development" was proposed. In 1992, the United Nations General Assembly adopted epoch-making resolutions such as the Rio Declaration on Environment and Agenda for the Century. On September 16, 1987, 137 countries (regions) held the International Conference on the Protection of the Ozone Layer in Canada and adopted the "Montreal Protocol", which stipulated the final use period of Freon. On December 1, 1999, the International Conference on the Protection of the Ozone Layer adopted the "Beijing Declaration" in Beijing to protect the blue sky and enter a new era. ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has also taken note of human environmental issues. In the 1980s, COPOLCO, the ISO consumer policy committee, did a lot of work. In July 1991, ISO set up SAGE, an environmental strategy consulting group, and started work. In September 1992, SAGE proposed the establishment of environmental standards to ISO. In October 1992, ISO decided to set up an Environmental Management Technical Committee. In June 1993, ISO Environmental Committee ISO/TC207 was formally established. In May 1995, China entered the ISO/TC207 committee. In January 1996, after years of hard work, the International Organization for Standardization finally introduced environmental management standards. This is the ISO14000 series. On January 1, 1999, the International Environmental Protection Organization's (EN) green environmental label EL (E nv ironm en ta l Lab el) began to be implemented in countries around the world. In this green revolution, some international regional organizations also played an active role. On February 17, 1986, it was a very important day for the European Community. On this day, the 9 member states of the European Community took the lead in signing the "Single European Act" in Luxembourg, which put forward the three major goals of environmental protection in Europe. As early as the early 1980s, most countries in Western Europe established environmental protection organizations. In 1987, it was designated as the European Environment Year. In 1989, the EEC established the "European General Agency for the Environment" and began to formulate environmental protection standards. In June 1990, the EU issued the "Environmental Declaration." On July 10, 1993, the European Community published the "European Community Environmental Management Rules" (EM AS), which began in April 1995. In addition, the "South African Community", the "ACP Group", the "Pan-American Alliance", and the Indian KSSP also made significant contributions to the green revolution and environmental protection. At the same time, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, and other countries have also formulated and implemented environmental standards. Finally, it should also be pointed out that the indelible contribution made by the International Green Peace Organization in the world’s green revolution should not be forgotten. 3. Green consumption and green food green consumption have attracted much attention at the beginning of the new century. With the formation and popularization of social green consumption concepts, green products have gradually become the mainstream of the market, and green consumption such as green clothing, green food, green homes, and green cars has become a new social fashion. People take food as their day. Let's take a look at the green food that people are most concerned with and most closely packed with. According to relevant authoritative sources in China, from 1985 to the present day, the people of our country have transitioned from subsistence to subsistence, and food consumption has evolved from quantity expansion to quality improvement. The development of green food is a general trend. First of all, green food production is the direction of future food production, which is the need to balance the ecological environment and protect the earth's resources. Second, the green food can meet people's need for changes in consumer attitudes. With the improvement of living standards, the Engel's coefficient decreases, food consumption decreases, and food quality improves. Third, green food is the source of nutrients the human body needs. The "green chain" of food production, processing, packaging, transportation, and sales can meet the people's advanced needs. Fourth, green food guarantees the health and safety of food. It strictly controls the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, auxins, additives, preservatives, etc. It is a safe food with no pollution, no hidden trouble, low loss, and high quality and excellent price. Such beautiful green food is naturally welcomed by consumers. The rising green consumer market in our country is booming and in full swing. However, there are many good things, and some lawbreakers use green and packaging to make big fuss. Needless to say, China's green market is still somewhat mixed with fish and fish. Some clothing and shoes use low-grade dye additives, which release toxic substances during use. Not long ago, the uproar of Nike Sportswear (NIKE) was an example. There are more than 100 kinds of green food on the market of a municipality, which is dazzling, but the announcement issued by the city's Green Office says that there are only seven types of green food. It is said that there are three types in the domestic market: First, green food, with patterns, Chinese and English logos and approval numbers; Second, international-type organic (natural) foods, with graphic, Chinese and English logos and approval units; and third, health care approved by the Ministry of Health Food, there is a "green hat" Chinese logo and approval number. The three are indispensable. In addition, some of the marble used in home renovations exceeded the standards, and some furniture released formaldehyde and acetic acid, causing dizziness. On May 4th this year, the counterfeit and inaccurate behavior of CCTV broadcast on the "Law of Today" section was even more shocking. The upright people were ashamed and consumers were frightened. It seems that the relevant departments should be well managed. It is time for people to enjoy real "green consumption." 4 Green Packaging and Green Labeling As mentioned above, one of the major aspects of green consumption is green packaging. In the past 30 years, the development of the world's green packaging has been healthy and sustainable. It is a source of happiness and encouragement. On June 5, 1972, the UN issued the "Declaration of the Human Environment". On June 5, 1973, the first "World Environment Day" was held in various countries around the world. Europe is at the forefront of the world in environmental protection. In 1975, the world’s first green packaging “Green Point” logo was introduced in Germany. The green logo is a circular pattern composed of green arrows and white arrows. The upper text is composed of German DER GRüNE PUNKT, which means "green dots." The “green dots” bi-colored arrows indicate that the product or packaging is green and can be recycled and used, meeting the requirements of ecological balance and environmental protection. In 1977, the German government launched the “Blue Sky” green environmental protection label and granted products (packaging) with green features. The “Blue Sky” logo is composed of an inner ring and a outer ring. The inner ring is composed of a blue garland of the UN's laurels and the middle is a blue angel stretching its arms to embrace the earth-like pattern, indicating that people care for the earth. Above the outer ring is the German circulation mark (Um w ltltze ich en), and below the outer ring is the name of the German product category. In 1988, the garbage separation began in France. In 1990, garbage was widely distributed in Europe. Every household uses different colored plastic bags for packaging, green bagged bottles, blue bagged waste paper, yellow bagged aluminum products and plastics. Brown bags of fruit and vegetable garbage... Garbage cans of different colors are placed on the street, and people can put different packaging wastes into large mouths marked with letters (colors). When I visited the six countries in Western Europe last year, I saw this beautiful landscape. According to the statistics of the Federal Bureau of Statistics, the recycling of packaging waste has already exceeded 50%, and the utilization rate of refuse has risen from 13.8% 10 years ago to 40% in 2000. The waste recycling revenue is nearly 100 billion marks. In addition, Germany also enacts legislation (Basic Law, Circular Economy Law, Waste Law) to ensure that "environmental protection becomes the country's goal." Therefore, Germany's product safety, product quality and product environmental protection rank among the best in the world, ranking the world's first, second and fourth respectively. Its environmental protection trade accounts for 20% of the world's total, ranking first in the world. Bit. Subsequently, many countries in the world launched green product packaging activities. Since 1985, they have used various green environmental protection labels, such as Canada’s Maple Leaf Pigeon, Japan’s “Love the Earth”, the United States’ “natural friendly” and certificate system, and China’s “Environmental Symbols”, European Flower of the European Community, White Swans of Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and other Nordic Countries, NF Logo of France, Ecological Symbol of Austria, and Ecological Symbol of India "Korea's "eco-stamp", Singapore's "green leaf logo", New Zealand's "environmental choice", Portugal's "eco-products", Croatia's "environment-friendly" and so on. In June 1992, the United States took the lead in implementing the plastic recycling marking system. As a result, a vigorous green packaging campaign has spread to the world and is now booming. 5 Green packaging goes to legal system Laws and regulations are the fundamental guarantee for the in-depth and sustainable development of the green revolution. Green packaging is no exception. Europe's green packaging development practice has also proved this point. In 1981, the Danish government first introduced the “Recycling and Recycling of Packaging Containers” in view of the adverse effects of the increase in empty bottles for beverage containers. As the implementation of this law affects the free movement of goods within the European Community, it affects the interests of its member countries. As a result, a "Danish bottle" lawsuit hit the European court. In 1988, the European Court ruled that Denmark won. In order to alleviate disputes, the European Community held a conference in Dublin in June 1990 to put forward the idea of ​​"enhanced environmental protection." The Waste Transport Act was enacted, which stipulated that packaging waste could not be shipped to other countries, and countries should take responsibility for waste. In December 1994, the European Community issued the "Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive," and made clearer regulations on the disposal of packaging waste. After the "Dublin Declaration" with the theme of environmental protection, countries in Western Europe have successively formulated relevant laws and regulations. The German Packaging Act of 1991, the Dutch Covenant on Packaging,