Green Century: Energy-saving trends in plastic packaging materials market

The 21st century is the century environmentalFunctional packaging materials, such as functional
protection, environmental issues become increasinglypreservation of film, sheet, microporous breathable
important as more strained resources and energy tofilm preservation, choose to packaging films,
build a recycling economy and society, take the roadmulti-functional heat shrinkable packaging film, as well
of sustainable development has become the focus ofas a special function, convenience (easy to Kaifeng,
global concern, and urgent tasks, and become aeasy to re-seal) packaging materials and products,
business strategy and human activities criteria. Inetc. will be even greater development. Aseptic
order to meet the new demands of the times, plasticpackaging materials and technology The biggest
packaging materials In addition to asking the marketadvantage is the sterile conditions, without
to meet the quality and quantity of packaging suchpreservatives, no refrigeration, it can maximally retain
as the increasing requirements, its development mustthe original nutrients of food and flavor, can
be to save resources, energy saving, easy to besignificantly extend shelf life, convenient storage and
recycled after use, easy to dispose of thetransport, market development very quickly, use
environment or vulnerable consumers na orexpanded, in addition to the dairy, fruit Khan,
degradation as a technology development point ofaccounting for a larger share of the beverage, the
departure. China's plastics industry has enteredwill be further extended to pharmaceuticals,
into energy-saving environmental protection era,cosmetics and condiment areas.
plastic packaging, new materials, new techniques,Nano-composite packaging materials will be with the
new technologies and new products are emerging,rapid development of nano-technology and rapid
and being high-performance, multi-function, activelyindustrialization, due to its wear resistance, hardness,
adopt new materials, new technologies and broadenstrength, resistance permeability, plasticity were
the application areas, as well as plastic packaging andsignificantly enhanced and improved, except for food
coordinated development of environmentally friendlypackaging can be used for special packaging such as
direction.anti-static, anti-electromagnetic, explosion-proof and
The development of recycling economy is theinvisible, dangerous goods, packaging, etc. It is
construction of a resource-saving andexpected to promote the traditional plastic packaging
environment-friendly society and an important waymaterials, a huge change.
to achieve sustainable development. Has insisted onEnvironmentally friendly (environmental fitness) plastic
developing equal emphasis on conservation,packaging materials (or green plastic packaging
conservation priority, according to reduction, re-use,materials), with the series of environmental
resource-oriented principle, vigorously promotemanagement standards ISl4000 the implementation
energy-saving and land and materials to strengthenof a global hot spot of concern, including easy
the comprehensive utilization of resources, improverecycling of plastic packaging materials such as PET,
the utilization of renewable resource recyclingPEN, easy to environmental degradation plastics (EDP)
system, and the full implementation of cleanin the bio-degradable plastics, have become hot in the
production, the formation of low-input , low-cost, lowhot, others, such as zero pollution foam, thin-walled
emissions and high efficiency of conservation-orientedbottles and biodegradable material is also cause for
growth. Actively develop and promote resourceconcern.
conservation, substitution and recycling technologies,Heat canned plastic bottles of juice and tea drinks
accelerate the pace of energy saving technologicalpackaging, with the traditional sterile paper packaging,
transformation of the high rate of consumption,three-piece metal cans, glass bottles has more ability
heavy pollution and technological backwardness ofto lower costs, material and transparent, light weight,
the process and product implementation of theeasy to damage, environmental protection and good
mandatory phase-out system with a price conduciveadaptability advantages, it has been more and more
to resource saving and fiscal policy.widely used, use of accounts for the entire city of
Impedance permeability plastic packaging materials, asmore than half of canned heat. In addition to heat
can be given good quality, freshness, flavor andcanned PET plastic bottles, the bottles are subject to
extend shelf-life insurance functions by the rapidgreater attention in recent years, BOPP. BOPP bottle
development and wide application, in addition to thehas the following advantages: the improvement of
widely used polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), ethyleneheat resistance, stretching through the PP process,
vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH), the recent years, thecanned temperature can be increased to 100 degrees
development of environmentally appropriateCelsius, does not require special equipment, bottle
materials, promoting polyvinyl alcohol (PVA),handling, and to greatly improve the oxygen barrier:
polyethylene terephthalate (PEN), a total ofBOPP bottle does not absorb moisture, longer term
polyamide (MXD6), silicon or aluminum oxide steamstorage, easy recovery: PET bottle production costs
film (soft glass), nano-inorganic materials, such as thelower than 20%.
development of more compelling.