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Have you ever wondered whether the flexible packaging we use daily is really eco-friendly flexible packaging?
Do you know how sustainable packaging is defined internationally? Is the eco-friendly packaging delivered to us by companies credible?
Today, we will take you to deeply uncover the truth behind eco-friendly packaging and see what kind of social responsibility a real flexible packaging manufacturer should bear.
Why Pay Attention to Flexible Packaging?
As early as the 1990s, environmental organizations began to express concerns about the future trend of plastic pollution. The world’s attention is focused on plastic film because it is extremely harmful to the ecological environment:
- Landfill: Degradation cycle exceeds 200 years
- Jungle abandonment: Easy to be eaten by animals and cause suffocation
- Ocean coverage: Causes seawater stratification and damages the marine ecology
- Floating in the air: Interfere with aircraft operations
In the past 20 years, humans have achieved certain results in the recycling and incineration of plastic waste. However, when technology gradually solved the problem of “treatment”, the focus turned to another core – is flexible packaging production itself environmentally friendly?
International Environmental Standards: What Conditions Should a Truly Eco-Friendly Enterprise Have?
According to the international environmental audit standards of the past decade, a flexible packaging company can only be recognized as an environmentally friendly flexible packaging supplier if it meets the following dimensions:
- Minimum pollutant emissions: Reduce pollutant emissions during the production process through technical means.
- Scientific treatment of waste: such as waste ink, waste gas, residues, etc. must be disposed of in a standardized manner.
- Carbon neutrality control target: strive to approach or achieve carbon neutrality.
- Sustainable raw material use: For example, green printing methods such as water-based ink packaging.
These requirements are not only a manifestation of responsibility but also the core criteria for sustainable packaging in the future.
Why is Environmental Protection Difficult to Implement?
It is sad that some companies ignore the treatment of pollutants to reduce production costs. For example:
- Discarding fabrics containing solvents at random
- Unclassified processing of slitting waste
- Waste ink and glue barrels are directly transported without sealing
- Waste gas is not recycled or decomposed
- Not using water-based inks, but still relying on highly polluting solvent-based inks
Such behavior not only violates environmental protection principles but also leads to rising costs for environmental protection companies, resulting in price erosion and the unfair phenomenon of “bad money driving out good money.”
Standard Practices of Truly Eco-friendly Packaging Companies
Volatile Solvent Treatment (VOCs)
VOCs are the most hidden and difficult-to-control type of pollution, especially in the flexible packaging printing process. Common treatment methods are:
Adsorption and Decomposition
Use activated carbon to adsorb components such as ethyl acetate, and then decompose them with UV light. However, the by-product ozone is serious, and activated carbon is a hazardous waste, so the treatment requirements are high.
Catalytic Combustion
An advanced means of efficiently decomposing VOCs, but it consumes a lot of energy and requires high investment.
Recycling and Reuse
Recycling solvents through condensation and partitioning technology is environmentally friendly but has extremely high requirements for sealing and maintenance.
Using Water-based Ink
Water-based ink packaging greatly reduces VOCs emissions. Its volatility contains only a small amount of edible alcohol, which can almost save waste gas treatment and is the first choice for green printing.
Machine Wiping Cloth
The used cloth contains solvents and should be sealed and stored and handed over to qualified companies for treatment.
Cutting Waste
It is a recyclable plastic that can be reprocessed and reused by film manufacturers.
Ink and Glue Containers
The residual solvent in the container needs to be sealed and stored and cleaned and recycled by a hazardous waste treatment agency.
Burning Debris
It is mainly carbon dust, which is general industrial waste and can be treated by a garbage disposal station.
Zhongjia Packaging’s Green Commitment
As a water-based ink flexible packaging manufacturer dedicated to the global market, Zhongjia Packaging has always adhered to the concept of green manufacturing and responsible production:
✅ Fully adopt water-based ink to eliminate VOC emissions
✅ Establish an independent environmental management system and continue to approach the goal of carbon neutrality
✅ Pass ISO22000, WCA and other environmental and quality certifications
✅ Focus on exporting to 120+ countries, environmental compliance and trustworthy
✅ Promote the research and development and application of recycled material packaging and degradable materials
We not only produce eco-friendly flexible packaging but also promote the environmental protection process of the industry with practical actions.
Conclusion: Environmentally friendly packaging requires more responsibility and courage
The environmental protection road of flexible packaging is destined to be difficult. It requires the conscience of the enterprise, technical support, improvement of regulations, and support from buyers. The real competitiveness in the future will no longer be a “price war”, but respect and protection for the environment.
🌍 Let us protect the earth together and achieve sustainable development with environmentally friendly packaging.
📩 If you are looking for a responsible, technologically advanced, and internationally environmentally friendly flexible packaging supplier, please feel free to contact Zhongjia Packaging for free samples and environmentally friendly solutions!
If you need to discuss environmentally friendly packaging solutions further or request samples, please contact us. We look forward to working with you to promote a green future.