Problems to be Noted in the Application of Green Packaging (3)

2,2,2 through "environmental certification"

Like the ISO9000 quality system audit certification, “green packaging” must also apply for environmental system audit certification. The former focuses on “product quality.” The latter emphasizes “environmental quality.” For modern packaging companies, only “provincial energy and resources” are recycled. Use "is not enough, companies must have EMS, but also through the certification of the environment of the authority

The contents of the environmental audit certification are (1) the company's environmental management system (2) the company's environmental status and environmental performance (3) whether the company's production activities comply with environmental laws and regulations # 3 whether the environmental report is complete, etc.

2, 2, 3 products should have "environmental signs"

In order to promote the establishment of environmental systems for enterprises, ISO14000 implements environmental labels. There are three types of environmental labels, namely type I type II type III

The type I environmental label is an eco-label, and it has to start from the reality of each country's national conditions. Therefore, the eco-labels may have greater differences among countries; the type-II sign is the information sign of the enterprise “self-declaration” and the enterprise will set its own environment. Guidelines and other information are disclosed to the public in the form of labels and self-declaration; Type III marks are product quality signs, and numerical indicators are used to express the environmental quality of the company's products (environmental pollution, environmental load, etc.)

In Japan and other countries, I-type eco-labels are used. In China, environmental labels are also used as I-type eco-labels. In the United States and other countries, the use of Type-III signs for 'self-declaration' of type II signs includes (1) the possibility of recovery (2) recycling. Substance category (3) Replaceability (4) Quantity of solid waste (5) Energy saving No (6) Resource saving situation (7) How likely is decomposition (degradation) (8) Recovering energy size etc.

2, 2, 4 "Evaluation of environmental behavior"

Environmental behavior assessment is a system management method to evaluate the environmental behavior of enterprises and data that affects the environment. It uses quantitative data--"environmental behavior index" to express the evaluation results. These results include the environmental characteristics of the company's on-site emissions. The indicator “The comprehensive impact of the product packaging life cycle on the environment, etc.” The characteristics of the environmental behavior assessment are a continuous “dynamic process that can evaluate the development trend.” The evaluation of environmental behavior of packaging companies has three aspects: 1. The management system has Recyclization rate index 2. The operational system has indicators for the reduction rate and material use rate of plastic materials for packaging; 3. The reduction of landfill waste and the reduction of incineration wastes, etc.

2, 2, 5 products to carry out "life cycle assessment"

Packaging enterprises in various countries, especially in developing countries, have suffered long-term interference from two aspects. One is the waste and destruction of the earth's resources. The other is the product packaging's “pollution and destruction of the environment during production”. ISO 14000 implements life cycle assessments: LCA is now the best solution to the problem.

The life cycle refers to the production of packaging products from materials. The entire process of recycling, recycling and disposal to waste disposal is also called “eco-cycling”. The approach adopted by ISO 14000 is “prevention-oriented” and requires packaging companies to implement “full-process” control and adopt “zero pollution” or The "micro-pollution" process, which is commonly referred to as "clean production", can produce "green packaging" products.

2,2,6 Product Standards Must Have "Environmental Guidelines"

Environmental guidelines in product standards are the basic principles of product eco-cycle design. The “Environmental Guidelines” must consider factors such as “quality” and price of product functions, and must consider the factors that affect the environment during the life cycle and the possibility of recycling. Possibility to save resources and energy "Disintegration and other factors after discarding" In addition, the results of environmental impact assessment and improvement evaluation in CDE evaluation should also be reflected in the "Environmental Guidelines" of the product standard.

International environmental standards, ISO14000 series and international quality standards, ISO9000 series is a mandatory international standard, it will effectively promote the enterprise to achieve environmental optimization to achieve the purpose of protecting the planet to protect humanity, it will also help to avoid repeated auditing "certification" Registration "Signs to Eliminate International Trade Barriers. (To Be Continued)