The so-called green packaging should have the connotation of five aspects: 1, packaging reduction (Reduce); 2, packing should be easy to reuse (Reuse), or readily Recycling (Recycle); 3, degradation of packaging waste can be corrupted (Degradable ); 4 is what biology packaging materials should be non-toxic to human sound. Package should not contain toxic elements, bacteria, heavy metals; or those with relevant standards should be controlled below; 5 packaging products from raw materials acquisition, materials processing, manufacturing products, product handling, waste recycling, until its final the life of the whole process of dealing with the human body and the environment should not cause pollution. Food packaging is the modern food industry is the last process, it plays a packaging, protection, beautification, promotion and convenient food storage, transportation and sales of the important role, and to some extent, food and food packaging has become an important component of non-separated .
At present, China's food packaging industry is faced with is not optimistic, the market in many food packaging materials Nan Yi Complex State right food security, health and environmental aspects of requirements, such as the toxicity He solvent residues, heavy metals, etc., not only hazardous to health and the impact on the food packaging industry in China, even the healthy development of the entire food industry. Join the WTO, "Technical Barriers to Trade" has become a large export enterprises are facing the biggest challenge. At present, China Plastic gravure printing ink, the benzene solvent ink large proportion, while Europe and the United States and other developed countries explicitly prohibit the use in food packaging and printing benzene solvent, the alcohol, and other environment-friendly water-based ink in benzene plastic gravure application will increasingly concern to the industry and have led the trend of the future of ink printing market..
In early 2005, the occasion of China's accession to the WTO three years, "the development of green flexible packaging", "with international standards," these statements to see more and more flexible packaging for the domestic large and small enterprises mentioned, the voice in the academic community and the environment flexible packaging industry growing. At the same time, the domestic flexible packaging industry is the mainstream practice, a series of environmental protection policies and regulations, measures, product gradually introduced, such as legislation to prevent excessive packaging, safety and environmental protection product certification, Flexible, solvent-free composite, biodegradable film, environmental protection type aluminum foil, etc., these policies, products and technologies by the consumer and the market.