Banning the use of toxic and harmful express packaging: national mandatory standards are about to take effect

According to reports from Xinhua News Agency, the State Administration for Market Regulation (State Standards Administration) revealed that the national standard "Limits of Heavy Metals and Specific Substances in Express Packaging" will be implemented on June 1 this year. This is the first mandatory national standard in the field of express packaging, which clearly prohibits the use of toxic and harmful express packaging, and sets the safety bottom line and red line requirements for express packaging. This initiative aims to ensure the safety and environmental protection of express packaging, improve consumers' express delivery experience, and promote the sustainable development of the express delivery industry. Implementing this standard will help reduce the impact of harmful substances in express packaging on the environment and human health, and provide the industry with a more standardized and safe development environment.

"Limits of Heavy Metals and Specific Substances in Express Packaging" is a mandatory national standard. It was jointly drafted by the State Post Bureau and organized by the China Institute of Standardization, the Postal Science Research and Planning Institute and other units, and entrusted with the national postal industry standardization Implemented by the technical committee. This standard aims to stipulate the green environmental protection limit index requirements for express packaging materials, especially the limit requirements and test methods for heavy metals and specific substances in express packaging. The release and implementation of this standard will effectively improve the green level of express packaging products, play a positive role in promoting the green and high-quality development of the industry, and also provide a technical basis for the supervision and management of the industry.

Up to now, my country has formulated national and industry standards for green packaging that comprehensively cover major express packaging supplies such as express envelopes, packaging bags, packaging boxes, electronic waybills, tapes, filling materials, and container containers.

According to the observation of this site, my country's express delivery business volume will reach 132.07 billion pieces in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 19.4%. Specifically, in 2023, the intra-city express delivery business volume reached 13.64 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%; the long-distance express delivery business volume reached 115.36 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 20.5%; the international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan express delivery business volume reached 3.07 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 20.5%. An increase of 52%.

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