The legislative management of foreign green packaging is most representative in Germany and can be roughly divided into three stages of development. The first stage is the initial legislative management. The "Waste Removal Act" promulgated in June 1972 did not restrict the production of waste, so that in the following years, the growth of waste has remained high and still caused environmental pollution. The second stage is the entire legislative management. That is, from the source to reduce the legislative management combined with the disposal of the end. Since the 1980s, people have realized that the deterioration of the environment is closely related to human society and economic activities. The recognition of environmental pollution has shifted from the simple governance at the end to the source of control. In 1986, the original "Law on Waste" was revised and the "Regulations on the Prevention of Waste and Waste Disposal" was promulgated. Compared with the previous emphasis on waste removal, priority was given to avoiding or reducing the amount of waste generated, emphasizing recycling, and only Incineration or landfill disposal of waste that cannot be used with current technology. The third stage is the legislative management of environmental elements. That is, the legislative management of the coordinated development of resource recycling and environmental protection.
In September 1994, the "Circular Economy Law" promulgated by Germany fully embodies the above guiding ideology. There are six differences between it and traditional GDP and green packaging: (1) Emphasize the management principles of comprehensive utilization of resources and the closed loop of materials. The first must be to avoid the generation of waste, especially to reduce its quantity and toxicity; second, it must be recycled or used as an energy source; and the last remaining packaging waste is landfilled in an environmentally compatible manner. (2) Obligations to close the resource cycle. The packaging used can only enter the market if it is properly recycled or properly disposed of when it is discarded. (3) The manufacturer's responsibility for environmental protection is stipulated. Producers of packaging products have the obligation to avoid waste and to recycle, reuse, and dispose of packaging waste. They put forward responsibilities and obligations for the entire life cycle of the packaging; when the product is toxic Too high, difficult to handle, can not guarantee compatibility with the environment, it is not allowed to enter the market. (4) It stipulates the environmental cost of packaging products. If a deposit is required, it shall indicate the requirements; and the producers and sellers of the products shall also provide for the obligation of recovery and related expenses. (5) It stipulates the obligation to protect the environment from packaging waste. That is, product design must take into consideration the closed cycle, low consumption, and less waste, etc., encourage consumers to use cleaner production products, and have a safe disposal of waste. Measures. (6) The requirements for final disposal methods and management supervision of environmentally compatible packaging wastes are specified. Packaging regulations in other countries generally follow the German “Circular Economy Law†and adopt policies and measures such as economic restraint, producer responsibility, economic incentives, legalized management, and the entire product life cycle management.
Looking at the world's green packaging regulations and all aspects related to the development situation, we can see that green packaging and environmental protection are undergoing the following eight changes: (1) awareness of environmental protection and green economy is moving from local to global; (2) at the level of The internal affairs of each country are going global; (3) the strategy is moving from "rule of law" to "economy", that is, the strategy will become internalized through the economic and market functions to achieve environmental costs; (4) the laws and policies of various countries are increasingly perfect and strict , introduced a series of effective measures for avoiding, recycling, using and processing; (5) the introduction of new forms of environmental factor endowment (packaging environmental taxation); (6) cleaner production and ISO14000 environmental certification to promote the sustainable development of the company; (7 Green economy awareness, green consumption movement and government's green economy policy encourage the production and consumption of green packaging products; (8) The application scope of product life cycle assessment technology is continuously expanding.
Although China has promulgated relevant laws and regulations such as the "Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law", there are no specific regulations for packaging management. Since 2001, a number of notifications or temporary management measures have been issued to solve white packaging pollution. However, as the system is not smooth and the relevant laws and regulations are not perfect, the problem of pollution caused by packaging waste that has long plagued China has not been cured. On May 15 last year, the relevant departments of our country issued the "Report on Increasing the Quality of Environmental Protection Tableware Products and Investigating and Dealing with It". To completely solve this problem, we must rely not only on the executive orders of a certain department but only on the road to the rule of law.
China's GDP ranks seventh in the world, but per capita GDP ranks 110th in the world. With the improvement of living standards and the vigorous development of urban construction, China’s urban population will increase from the current 300 million to more than 500 million in a short time, and the total amount of packaging waste will increase at a rate of more than 10%. If not, By taking measures, the heavy burden of garbage on the environment will be unbearable. The negative impact on China's green economy and green GDP cannot be ignored, and it will also affect green packaging and environmental protection.
Although China has a vast territory, available resources, especially rare resources, are far from meeting the needs of economic development. China’s per capita resources have been ranked 110th in the world. Legislation on environmental costing and packaging management should immediately be mentioned on the agenda. The recycling of packaging waste needs to be standardized through legislative measures to promote the healthy development of the economy and the environment.