The concept of “material simplification” can be described as one of the high-frequency words in the packaging industry in the past two years. Not only do I like food packaging, but cosmetic packaging is also being used. In addition to single-material lipstick tubes and all-plastic pumps, now hoses, vacuum bottles and droppers are also becoming popular for single materials.
Why should we promote the simplification of packaging materials?
Plastic products have covered almost all areas of human production and life. As far as the packaging field is concerned, the multiple functions and light and safe features of plastic packaging are incomparable to paper, metal, glass, ceramics and other materials. At the same time, its characteristics also determine that it is a material that is very suitable for recycling. However, the types of plastic packaging materials are complex, especially post-consumer packaging. Even if the garbage is sorted, plastics of different materials are difficult to deal with.
The landing and promotion of “single-materialization” can not only allow us to continue to enjoy the convenience brought by plastic packaging, but also reduce plastic waste in nature, reduce the use of virgin plastic, and thereby reduce the consumption of petrochemical resources; improve recycling Properties and usage of plastics.
According to a report by Veolia, the world’s largest environmental protection group, under the premise of proper disposal and recycling, plastic packaging produces less carbon emissions than paper, glass, stainless steel and aluminum during the entire life cycle of the material to be low. At the same time, recycling recycled plastics can reduce carbon emissions by 30%-80% compared with primary plastic production.
This also means that in the field of functional composite packaging, all-plastic packaging has lower carbon emissions than paper-plastic composite and aluminum-plastic composite packaging.
The benefits of using single material packaging are as follows:
(1) A single material is environmentally friendly and easy to recycle. Conventional multi-layer packaging is difficult to recycle due to the need to separate the different film layers.
(2) Recycling of single materials promotes a circular economy, reduces carbon emissions, and helps eliminate destructive waste and overuse of resources.
(3) Packaging collected as waste enters the waste management process and can then be reused. A key feature of monomaterial packaging is therefore the use of films made entirely of a single material, which must be homogeneous.
Single material packaging product display
■Full PP vacuum bottle
■Full PP dropper bottle
■Full PP dropper bottle