The promotional activities in the middle of the "618" year came to an end. After enjoying the pleasure of "cutting hands" brought by "buy buy", many people immediately faced the trouble of "throwing away" express packaging. Faced with the mountains of express packaging, I do not know how many people have made worries. In recent years, the express business in China has developed rapidly. By the end of 2021, the average daily express business volume has exceeded 300million pieces. Ten years ago, the number was only 10million. The waste produced by a large number of one-time express packages not only brings distress to personal treatment, but also puts great pressure on the ecological environment. In the just concluded mid year promotional activities, some different figures appeared in express packaging, and recyclable express packaging gradually entered the vision of more consumers.

In recent years, express packaging boxes have made many articles on environmental protection. The recycling of packaging boxes (materials) can be utilized. Is there any opportunity for paper enterprises to replace plastic with paper?

Nowadays, many express outlets are using a new recyclable express box. Compared with ordinary cartons, its shell is much harder, and more than 97% of the whole carton material can be recycled, covering 170 cities across the country. In 2022, 2.3 million circulation boxes are expected to be kept, and the number of cycles is expected to reach 38million.

In addition to recyclable express boxes, "green packaging" is appearing around consumers in more forms. For example, use recyclable insulation turnover box instead of white foam box, etc. Each fresh insulation turnover box has a service life of more than one and a half years, with an average of 130 times for a single box.

Changing the material of express boxes and promoting recycling are only one link of "green packaging". In the view of insiders and experts, the key to solve this problem is to cultivate the use habits of both sides, that is, e-commerce and consumers.

There are so many benefits of recycling packaging, why is it not often seen in daily life? In fact, it has been one of the blocking points that plagued the large-scale application of recyclable express packaging.

The process of express packages from the terminal express site to the hands of consumers is called the "last mile" of logistics, and the reverse logistics problem of the "last mile" is faced by circular packaging: how to take back the circular packaging sent to consumers? Different enterprises have their own solutions to this problem.

Explore executable loop paths

When the consumption habits of merchants and users are gradually cultivated, it is necessary to explore an executable cycle path -- how to make the packaging return to the express enterprises or businesses again from the hands of users at a low cost?

At present, various enterprises have different explorations. For example, some manage through identification code to realize the whole process monitoring of packaging; Some customers who use recyclable packaging directly bring the packaging back by encouraging users to sign in person.

According to the couriers at SF-1 business site, they will encourage users to sign in face as much as possible when using recyclable packaging boxes. When signing, the courier will take the package out of the recycle box. After the recipient checks that the package is intact and confirms the receipt, the courier will directly take the recycle box back to the site. If the recipient requests to temporarily store the package, the courier will take the package out of the circulation box with his consent and stick the sheet on the waterproof bag on the inner layer of the package. Then put it in the temporary storage point, and the courier takes the recycle box away. So as to avoid leaving the recycling box in the hands of the recipient as much as possible.