Just after the end of the 11th double, the big bag and small bag of New Year's goods have also become sent by express delivery to the house. Various express delivery boxes and wrapping paper, plastic foam, etc. have also become the "trouble" of the new year's shopping family. Unfortunately, it has lost its place. Online shopping has not only brought great changes to traditional retail sales, brought fire to the express delivery industry, but also brought huge markets to the packaging industry. On the other hand, the problem of over-packaging is also urgent to solve.

　　Ms Zhang, a citizen, has received a number of express deliveries in the past two days, including items purchased online and gifts sent by relatives and friends. One of them looked like a large paper box. After Zhang opened it, she found that there were two smaller gift boxes inside. Then open the gift box, which is packed with dried fruit. It is this less than 1 kilogram of dried fruit. In order to be beautiful or to prevent damage in transit, an additional 1 kilogram of carton is attached. Since shopping began online, Ms. Zhang says, there has been a steady stream of boxes at home. The right size and the box is not broken, leave the contents, and the rest is thrown away.

　　Ms Zhang's experience is now commonplace. With the rise of online shopping and express delivery, the packaging industry has also appeared before the prosperity. According to statistics from relevant departments, the number of parcels purchased online reached 9 billion in 2013, and it is estimated that 11 billion will be available in 2014. Such a high number of express packages also gave birth to nearly 3 billion cartons, hundreds of tons of transparent tape, bubble bags and other plastic packaging materials market demand.

　　In addition to packaging boxes, the use of tape is also an explosive growth. Clear tape, the main material is PVC, referred to as PVC. Abandoned PVC can naturally decompose in the soil for at least 100 years. This problem has long attracted the attention of environmentalists. In 2011, the number of express delivery items was 4.8 billion. If each courier used a 1-meter long tape, the total length of the tape used could circle the earth 120 times.

　　According to a Beijing express company network staff, the express company used packaging supplies are purchased from the website. The best quality of the three-story special cardboard box is also 20 cents for each trumpet, and the stronger "five-story high-quality" box is also 30 cents for each trumpet. Each month the dot shop purchases cartons is also not a small cost, in addition, there are bags, tape, fillers and so on.

　　A Taobao store owner said that in addition to several large e-commerce websites have their own box manufacturers, other Taobao households are basically buying boxes online. I search for express boxes on Taobao, the results of more than 40000, there are thousands of shops. In terms of volume, the highest sales volume is more than 2,000 transactions per month. If you count at least 100 cartons per month, a store will sell 200,000 cartons a month.

　　The packaging industry is indeed on fire, but the environmental problems associated with overpacking follow. A small object, especially fragile goods, is wrapped in three layers and three layers. Taobao sellers said that over-packaging is also a last resort, the number of express packages, the high hardness of the carton, thick tape, the transport process will not be crushed. In addition, if the packaging is not good, the buyer will also feel that the seller's service is not good, affecting the buyer's evaluation. In order to avoid the negative evaluation of packaging damage and avoid after-sale problems, sellers would rather work on express packaging. But at the end of the shipment, there was only one fate for these boxes to be discarded. At present, Mr. Li said, the carton is not recycled. Because this thing is originally a small profit, the value is not high, no company will spend a large cost to recycle.

　　At present, there is only one national standard for the packaging industry in China, namely, the "Guidelines for the Operation of Express Delivery Services" formulated by the State Post Office, which stipulates that express delivery packages that meet national and industry standards should be used for express packaging, taking into full consideration safety factors. However, there is no clear definition of how to package and what is appropriate to use. Therefore, in terms of over-packaging, industry standards can be said to be blank.

　　At the international level, however, many countries are already concerned about the problems of this industry. Some countries have adopted legislation or used technical standards to regulate the packaging of goods. For example, in the United Kingdom, packaging is required not to add too much packaging beyond the safety of goods. In the case of violations, consumers can complain and local governments can deal with them. According to statistics, the United Kingdom has reduced the weight of commodity packaging by 40 % in the past 20 years. In addition, in neighboring Japan and South Korea, relevant standards have also been introduced. In South Korea, manufacturers will be fined up to 3 million won if they do not reduce the packaging ratio and number of layers of products in accordance with government regulations.

　　Industry insiders said that the future of express packaging materials demand will continue to grow at an ultra-high speed. Solving the current problem requires legislation at the government level. It also requires express delivery companies and environmentalists to pay attention to this issue.