Different national environmental packaging regulations (2)

In December 1994, the European Community issued the "Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive," and made clearer regulations on the disposal of packaging waste. In the same year, France also established the "Packaging Waste Transport Law." Various laws and regulations such as the “Circular Economy Law and Waste Law” in Germany and the “Packaging Waste Regulations” in the United Kingdom in 1995 were specifically designed for the control of packaging waste.
Among them, Germany also legislates (basic law, circular economy law, garbage law) to ensure that "environmental protection has become the national 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 volume is 20% of the world's total, ranking first in the world. .
Japan is a resource-saving country and has spared no effort in implementing packaging waste recycling. In 1991, the Japanese government promulgated four laws and regulations on the recycling of goods, including more than 200 kinds of goods. The requirements on product packaging are more stringent. Nearly a thousand kinds of goods have been packaged and require recycling. Many Japanese manufacturers have stopped producing non-environmental protection. product.
In the United States, 38 states passed legislation in 1992, which stipulated that those products must be used without being turned into garbage. As early as in 1989, the “Regular Recycling Products Handbook” issued by New York listed 177 kinds of renewable products, which had been expanded to 1580 in 1992. Recycled products are no longer limited to packaging materials, and even building materials, landscaping materials, rubber and plastic products are included.
In 1988, 21 states in the United States promulgated the provisions of 1332 to restrict and ban certain plastic products and plastic packaging. However, many changes have taken place in the implementation. For example, California, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Frogada in the United States used bans in the 1980s in 1991. In order to achieve a certain degree of recycling and recovery. In the United States, Froda received a 1 cent prepayment for plastic bottle sales, which led to a 50% recovery of raw materials.

Overpackaging Overpacking and exaggerating packaging are not only misleading to consumers, but also a waste of resources, packaging waste pollution to the environment, and unfavorable to the principle of sustainable development. At present, many countries in the world have established restrictive regulations on overpackaging. .
The United States and Canada stipulate that as long as there are the following circumstances, all are deceptive packaging, that is, there are too many gaps in the packaging and the content of the contents of the difference is too great; non-technical requirements, no reason to exaggerate the packaging and so on.
In South Korea, excessive packaging is an illegal act. If manufacturers do not comply with government regulations to reduce product packaging ratios and layers, they will be fined up to 3 million won. At the same time, South Korea also specifically took three measures to regulate manufacturers: one is to check the packaging, the second is to mark the rewards, and the third is to deal with violations of the package's fines.
The German government believes that inflated packaging is in fact a fraudulent act and will be dealt with. If the handle of the blow-molded container and the mouth of the bottle are integrated into one, the illusion of a large volume and a large capacity of the container is created; the single-layer corrugated cardboard liner folded in the carton package is arranged to be extremely relaxed, causing illusions, etc. , are deceptive packaging.
Japan has formulated the "New Guidelines for Packaging", which stipulates that the volume of packaging containers should be as small as possible. The empty space in the container should not exceed 20% of the volume of the container; the packaging cost should not exceed 15% of the selling price; the packaging should show the value of the product correctly. In order to avoid misleading consumers. Japan's "Commodity Gift Packaging Appropriation Outline" also stipulates that: the gap between packaging containers in principle can not exceed 20% of the entire container; the gap between the goods and commodities must be below 1cm; the gap between the goods and the packaging box wall must be maintained Below 5mm; packaging costs must be less than 15% of the entire product price.

The unique packaging provisions in the Arab countries are influenced by the customs and natural environment of Islam, and there are many requirements and taboos in the Arab countries on the packaging structure, patterns and colors of the goods.
In terms of transport packaging, the Iranian authorities announced that all ships that are berthed in Iran’s Khorramshah and Jeddah ports in Saudi Arabia must use pallets for their goods; otherwise, they will not unload by berthing or add loading and unloading fees to the consignee. Egypt is a cotton-producing country that prohibits raw cotton and parasitic plants from growing as cushions for export goods.
For merchandise packaging patterns exported to the Arab countries, six-pointed stars or similar patterns cannot be used, because there are six-pointed stars on the national emblem of the Israeli flag, which is prone to misunderstandings. The pattern cannot be like the word "Allah" of Allah. In the past, Chinese shoes exported to Egypt were confiscated by the local customs only because the anti-skid pattern on the heel was similar to Allah. In addition, the packaging of goods exported to the Arab field, the image of the beautiful women and the old birthday star are unpopular. Patterns can't use beautiful photos, nor should male portraits be used as decorative patterns. At the same time, the use of pigs and beasts is forbidden, and Islamic countries are banned from the above animal designs. At the same time, they do not like tigers and lions.
The Arab region is also very particular about the color of its packaging, green is the most popular, and most Islamic countries are advocating green. Islamic countries symbolize Islam in green and Egypt represent colors in green. In addition, white trim or red and green on a white background is also more desirable. Arabs do not like the large area of ​​fiery colors; Islamic countries are particularly disgusted with yellow; Iranians regard blue as a bad color. If you can understand the taboos of some countries with strong religious beliefs, you can help reduce the trouble of exporting to the country.