Circular Economy of Packaging Industry at Home and Abroad (Part Two)

Due to its narrow land, densely populated and limited resources, the establishment of a resource-conserving environmental industry is a top priority. South Korea experienced a process of restricting and reusing industrial waste and industrial waste, and promoting the regeneration of resources is an important measure taken by the South Korean government for this purpose. In 2002, South Korea introduced the “Reuse of Recycling Liability” regulation. 18 materials such as paper bags, plastic packaging materials, metal cans, and glass bottles must be recycled and used by the production unit. When implementing a “recycling responsibility system for wastes”, production units adopt three forms of recycling and disposal of waste. The first form is that the production unit recovers and disposes of wastes on its own, and the recycling and treatment costs are borne by itself, and the benefits of waste recycling are enjoyed by themselves; the second form is the “producer recycling enterprise mutual aid combination”, that is, the producer will Responsibility for recycling of wastes is transferred to cooperatives engaged in such activities. Based on the type of waste, it pays a share of the weight. The third form is the contract between the production unit and the waste recycling company, based on the amount of waste. The commission fee is paid by the latter who is responsible for the recovery and disposal of the waste. At present, 80% to 90% of Korean production units use the second form of recycling and disposal of waste. There are 11 cooperatives that recycle and dispose of waste, and they are spread all over the country.

At present, the circular economy in developed countries has achieved considerable progress and experience in the three levels of business, regional, and social, such as the clean production model of the US DuPont Chemical Company at the corporate level, and the Karen of Denmark at the regional level. Fort Eco-Industrial Park, Japan's recycling-based social system for waste recycling and reuse throughout the society. In developed countries, economic methods are often used to establish a packaging waste recycling system between factory enterprises, packaging companies, retailers, and consumers to ensure the recycling and reuse of packaging waste. The development of circular economy is pushing human civilization to a new stage of transformation. Whoever succeeds in the transformation is the master of the future. The key to the transformation is to explore the "ecological science and technology road," and the circular economy is the core of the ecological road.

Third, the development direction of China's circular economy

In recent years, China's economy has made remarkable achievements, and GDP growth has remained relatively fast for many years. With the rapid development of social economy and the increasing demand for resources, China has entered the stage where resources constrain social and economic development, and the pressure for sustainable development is increasing. Behind the high growth, China has paid the price of high energy consumption, high material consumption, and high pollution. It has been difficult to use a sufficient amount of resources to support an extensive and inefficient growth model. According to calculations, the energy consumed by China to create a dollar of GDP is 4.3 times that of the United States and 11.5 times that of Japan. China’s energy efficiency is only 26.9% of the United States and 11.5% of Japan. The per capita possession of some important resources in China is far below the world average. According to statistics, China's average per capita arable land area accounts for 43% of the world's per capita level; the average per capita oil reserves accounted for only 11% of the world's per capita level. If this situation cannot be effectively solved, by 2020, when the GDP quadruples, the total amount of pollutants will also increase by four times. Insightful people point out that if China cannot change its extensive and inefficient growth model, then high growth will be unsustainable.

Looking at the world and taking the road of circular economy has become a new competition for comprehensive national strength competition and competition for the commanding heights of international development. The development theory and policies of circular economy not only profoundly affect the direction, potential and ability of the national economy to resist future risks, but also extend international international standards, qualifications, product green signs, and environmental protection obligations to international trade, international investment and international development. Politics and many other areas. The development of the human economy and society has already begun a profound transformation and has evolved at an ever faster rate to international pressure that no country can afford. China’s future development must take the path of sustainable development and modernization with Chinese characteristics. This is a noble and solemn historical mission. Premier Wen Jiabao specifically proposed in the “Government Work Report” made at the Second Session of the Tenth National People’s Congress: We must vigorously develop circular economy and cleaner production. The Politburo of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on December 1, 2004. In the deployment of economic work in 2005, it was proposed to “enhance the awareness of conservation among all people, vigorously save energy and important resources, and accelerate the development of circular economy”. This fully shows that China has placed circular economy on an important position in economic construction, and it is a major measure to ensure the sustained, rapid, coordinated, and healthy development of the national economy. Circular economy is an innovative mode of economic growth. It is in line with China's goal of comprehensively building a well-to-do society with respect to environmental protection and sustainable development. That is to say, “the ability of sustainable development has been continuously enhanced, the ecological environment has been improved, and the efficiency of resource utilization has improved significantly. The harmony with nature promotes the development of the society as a whole, and the path of civilized development with a prosperous life and a well-developed ecology is an integral whole. It is also the realization of the “five overall plans”, adheres to a people-centered approach, establishes a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development concept, and promotes economic development. And the best choice for all-round social development. Therefore, China must start from the development of ideas, laws and regulations, policies and measures, publicity and education, through economic and legal, moral and other means to promote the development of circular economy, and lay a good foundation for the country's sustainable development.

The development of circular economy must abandon the traditional development thinking and development model, unify the thinking to “adhere to the people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable scientific development concept” and completely change the way of development, re-development, light economy, speed, and efficiency. Emphasis on the development of development, light content development, emphasis on economic indicators, light society, resources and environmental indicators.

The development of circular economy should establish an appropriate system of laws and regulations as soon as possible. It is necessary to formulate laws and regulations on recycling and utilization of green consumption, recycling of resources, and packaging materials, household appliances, building materials and other industries, establish and improve various types of waste recovery systems, and formulate economic policies that make full use of material resources in taxation. And investment links take economic incentives for waste recycling. At the same time, severely investigating illegal activities that waste resources and pollute the environment.

The development of circular economy should improve the corresponding supporting policies. Including increasing financial support for the development of circular economy; further deepening price reform, studying and implementing price and charging policies that promote the development of circular economy; improving financial and taxation policies and increasing support for the development of circular economy; and participating in cyclic production and recycling. Enterprises that process waste materials are given preferential taxation, credit, etc.

The development of circular economy should become an important guiding principle for the compilation of national economic development plans. To carry out special research on the development of recycling economy, accelerate the development of special programs such as energy conservation, water conservation, comprehensive utilization of resources, recycling of renewable resources in the key areas of circular economy, and accelerate the development of tertiary industries and high energy consumption with low energy consumption and low emissions. Technology industry. Use high-tech and advanced and practical technologies for energy conservation, consumption reduction, and pollution reduction to transform traditional industries and eliminate outdated processes, technologies, and equipment. Strictly limit industries with high energy consumption, high water consumption, high pollution and waste of resources, as well as the blind development of development zones.

The development of recycling economy is a systematic project that covers various social activities such as industry, agriculture, and consumption. It requires not only new technologies as support and motivation, but also the quality of the company itself and the quality of the people. Therefore, it is necessary for all parties to deepen their understanding, active actions, coordination and formation of mechanisms. Increase the participation of the public, mobilize them for scientific consumption, protect the environment, and support the comprehensive utilization of waste, so as to form a good social image and atmosphere.

Author / Wu Guorong Source: "China Packaging" 2005/1