With the surge in online shopping performance, online shopping packaging and consumables waste has also increased significantly.
Online shopping packaging and consumables waste is increasing year by year, check the policies of countries to reduce online shopping packaging waste, among which Germany is more compulsory, online stores have to declare the packaging material, quantity and pay the license fee, South Korea if not in accordance with the provisions of reducing packaging, the maximum fine of 3 million won.
According to the United Nations, more than half of the plastic waste in 2015 came from plastic packaging, calling for the reduction of unnecessary plastic packaging and strengthening the recycling of disposable packaging goals. But in recent years, because of the booming business opportunities of online shopping, logistics caused by the explosion of packaging, supplies and other waste, triggering countries to start discussing reduction policies, the United States, China, Taiwan, similar practices, the development of online shopping packaging guidelines suggest that the industry to reduce packaging, and the use of certain green materials.
Other countries have different practices, more mandatory like Germany in 2019 to implement the “German Packaging Act”, adding the regulation of online shopping stores, must declare in advance the material, quantity and other content of the packaging, and pay a corresponding license fee as a follow-up recycling cleaning costs, if the violation of the provisions of the maximum fine of 50,000 euros.
South Korea’s legislation restricts excessive packaging behavior and implements the policy through a three-pronged approach of “inspection of packaging”, “incentive labeling” and “financial penalty treatment”, and manufacturers who do not reduce the ratio of product packaging and the number of packaging layers in accordance with government regulations can be fined up to 3 million won.
Singapore statistics, Singapore packaging waste in 2018 about 50 metric tons, accounting for up to one-third of domestic waste, if the current waste treatment method, Singapore landfill life only until 2035. Singapore began to promote packaging agreements with the private sector in 2007, set annual targets for packaging waste reduction, and intends to launch a “mandatory packaging reporting framework”, requiring companies with an annual turnover of more than $ 10 million to provide annual reports detailing the type and amount of packaging, including product packaging, plastic bags, cartons, wood pallets, etc., and should submit a reduction report.
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