Technological approach to packaging reduction

[China Packaging Network News] Packaging is closely related to human life, but excessive packaging abounds in the market. Excessive packaging not only increases raw material consumption and processing and manufacturing costs, loading and unloading and transportation costs, but also increases the cost of recycling, disposal, and disposal after packaging is discarded, causing great pressure on the environment.

Reduction is a repositioning of traditional packaging before it is put into use. By changing some of its functions, the reduction in the amount of external packaging is achieved, and unnecessary material duplication and waste are avoided. It saves the use of materials from the source and also reduces the amount of waste at the source. In production practice, packaging reduction can be achieved through different technical approaches.

Packaging thinning technology

The thin-wall packaging technology refers to reducing the amount of packaging materials by reducing the wall thickness on the premise of ensuring the mechanical and mechanical properties required for the packaging function. At present, cardboard, corrugated board, plastic film, and metal sheet are all used in research and development to save a large amount of raw materials for packaging.

Packaging lightweight technology

Packaging lightweight technology refers to reducing the weight of packaging materials under the premise of guaranteeing the mechanical mechanical properties required for packaging functions. From the packaging materials point of view, the use of low-density lightweight materials can effectively improve the efficiency of the use of transport energy. The improvement of the compressive strength of materials under the same material conditions will not only help to reduce the thickness of packaging containers, save materials, but also help reduce the rate of damage during the transport of goods, which will help increase the number of stacked layers of goods and improve Utilization of storage space.

Packaging method reduction technology

The packaging method is to break the inherent concept, change the local design, and add new functions to the old elements without changing the structure and functions of the original packaging, so as to minimize the increase in the use of the materials. For example, the mobile phone packaging and packaging box combine the loading function and the description function to reduce the secondary manufacturing of the box body and the mobile phone manual. Not only does the life cycle of the box body prolong, but it also has another meaning. The reuse rate is high. And will not be discarded.

Packaging structure reduction technology

The reduced design of the packaging structure aims to minimize the amount of packaging materials and reduce the volume and quantity of packaging waste in order to reduce the environmental load. Therefore, in order to better protect the product, the packaging container often needs to have a certain strength. Increasing the thickness of the packaging container will increase the strength, but it will bring about waste of resources. If the material structure is changed, both the strength and the material can be reduced. The amount of use is a best of both worlds. DEC's research shows that increasing the internal structural strength of its products can reduce 54% of packaging materials and reduce packaging costs by 62%.

Packaging shape reduction technology

The reduction of the form refers to the enhancement of the package and assembly functions and the realization of its simplification. It not only can solve the problem of waste of packaging box resources, but also can solve the problem of excessive packaging.

Packaging style reduction technology

In the situation of resource shortage and deterioration of the ecological environment, we should strive to reduce the design of packaging style and return to the classic concise style. Therefore, in order to avoid over-decoration of packaging and promotion of simple packaging, designers should design with the core elements of simple packaging structure, the most fresh and concise shape, the most concise color, the most concise graphic characters, and the most economical packaging materials. Move the consumer's packaging works. It is the responsibility and obligation of every designer today to create a brand new package and maintain the balance of natural ecology with the economic and environmental protection design concept.

Packaging zero for the entire technology

The reduction of packaging can also take a zero-based approach.