Issue 02/2017

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JinHui ZhaoLong is promoting
biodegradable green packages
in China
As people’s consumption habits change, the popularity of
online shopping is increasing rapidly, especially in China,
with its population of 1.3 billion. This is directly promoting
the explosive growth of China’s Express Industry. According
to the “Report on the Current Situation and Trend of Green
Packages in China’s Express Industry” released by the China
Post Bureau in 2016, in 2015, courier waybills were issued
for a total of about 20.7 billion pieces, 3.1 billion woven bags,
8.268 billion plastic bags, 3.105 billion envelopes and 9.922 billion
packing boxes. The total length of the packing tape used
was around 425 laps around the earth’s equator. In 2016, the
total courier volume exceeded 30 billion pieces in China, which
was a 53 % increase in comparison with the previous year.
Currently, China ranks first in the world. The courier business
volume is expected to reach 70 billion pieces in 2020.
While these huge numbers may serve to arouse amazement,
at the same time, the disadvantages caused by this rapid
development in the express industry have started to appear.
The plastic courier package pollution can’t be ignored. More
than 50 % of the express industry uses traditional plastic
courier bags, which produces millions of tons of plastic waste
per year. These bags are mainly produced from chemical
materials and recycled plastics. After a single usage, these
plastic courier bags are thrown away with all the other
household garbage. They cannot be reprocessed or degraded,
and can only be put in landfills or burned, leaving us with a
large amount of plasticizer, flame retardant, some poisonous
and harmful substances which endanger our health and
environment.
The Chinese government and many socially responsible
enterprises are also aware of the seriousness of the problem.
“The Proposal of the Central Committee of Communist Party on
the Formulation of the 13th Five-year Plan for National Economic
and Social Development” took GREEN as one of the five major
directions for development in the 13 th Five-year Plan and even
over a longer period. Green has become the most important
direction of transformation in China’s express industry.
Since 2017, the regulations for the express industry have
been included in the ”The State Council Legislative Work
Plan in 2017”. “The Development of the Postal Industry’s 13 th
Five-year Plan” was printed and distributed by the Chinese
Post Bureau in conjunction with the National Development
& Reform Commission and Ministry of Transport. It clearly
stated that pollution caused by courier package waste
needed to be dealt with, and put forward the goals of using
green package and building green post. Green courier and
Green Package have become key words today. In June 2016,
the CAINIAO Network, the logistics company launched by
China’s largest e-commerce business platform, Alibaba, and
comprising 32 global courier companies announced Green
Plan and promised to replace 50 % of the packaging, filling
materials with 100 % biodegradable materials by 2020.
As a leading biodegradable plastic producer in China,
JinHui ZhaoLong, with its annual 20,000 tonnes biodegradable
polymer (PBAT) capacity, continues to enhance quality of
its own brands Ecoworld ® and Ecowill ® . JinHui ZhaoLong
is committed to being a provider of China’s green package
solution. The company’s 100% biodegradable plastic courier
bags were successfully launched with Alibaba in December
2016. JinHui will continue to promote the use of 100 %
biodegradable green courier package in China’s express
industry and to fight against plastic pollution. Biodegradable
courier bags developed by JinHui ZhaoLong are made from its
Ecowill-0823 compounds, which are fully biodegradable and
without toxins and smell, and are safe for humans. The bags
comply with China’s express package standards, regarding
aspects such as toughness index, weighing index, waterproof
index and other parameters, which are equivalent to
traditional plastic package. This biodegradable green package
biodegrades wholly into CO 2
, and H 2
O after usage, and it can
create organic fertilizers under composting conditions.
At present, biodegradable courier packages developed by
JinHui ZhaoLong are widely used by Taobao, Tmall, which
operates under Alibaba in China and have drawn high
praise from consumers. JinHui ZhaoLong has become an
important Green Package strategic partner of Alibaba’s
CAINIAO Network. At the same time, JinHui ZhaoLong
actively participates in the revision and formulation of the
China Express Industry standards and promotes applications
of green packaging in broader areas. In addition, JinHui
ZhaoLong is committed to continued innovation in the field
of biodegradable materials and their use. The company has
successfully developed 30 % biobased biodegradable polymer,
and is developing new application fields for thermoplastic
elastomers and biodegradable fibers etc.
“We believe that
under the concern of
Chinese government
and the unremitting
efforts of enterprises like
JinHui ZhaoLong, the
development process on
China’s green express
and green package will
grow faster in future,” says
Janice Li, CEO of JinHui
ZhaoLong. “We will have
a cleaner and healthier
environment.”
www.ecoworld.jinhuigroup.com
9 / E06
Janice Lee,
CEO, JinHui ZhaoLong
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