Japan's commodity packaging economic environment

Readers who often deal with Japanese people will have a common feeling: Japan's gift packaging is very particular about it, even if it is a handkerchief, a pen, a box of snacks, a tie, has a very beautiful package. Although Japan is such a country that attaches great importance to the packaging of goods, it basically does not have luxury packaging, excessive packaging, or the problem that the cost of packaging is higher than the value of goods.

1, packaging focus on convenient and practical

Japan's commodity packaging is very particular about, mainly reflected in the packaging design of the packaging and packaging paper pattern, color matching and so on. After a customer purchases a product, the merchant generally needs to wrap it with packaging paper outside the packaging box of the product. The name of the store is printed on the paper, the printing quality is very elegant, and the design and color are also very harmonious.

In another sense, re-packaging is an opportunity for merchants to advertise because the outer packaging with the name of the store is sent to all parts of the world along with various gifts and become an important way for consumers to recognize these department stores or supermarkets.

However, in Japan's department stores or supermarkets, the packaging of food, beverages, and products is basically an ordinary paper box. The design of these boxes is not only convenient and practical, but also aesthetically pleasing, which virtually increases the quality of the goods and also increases the value of the goods.

2, use some store shopping bags to save money

In recent years, some Japanese local governments and non-governmental organizations have actively carried out campaigns to simplify packaging, save resources, and protect the environment.

Osaka Prefecture called on manufacturers to reduce packaging to a minimum, and to use containers and packaging that can be reused as many times as possible. When the merchants sell goods, they should know whether to use the products for their own use. If they are for personal use, they hope that the customers can cooperate and not store the products.

The campaign also calls on customers to buy unpackaged vegetables, fruits and other foods when they shop. In items that must be packaged, try to purchase paper-packed items.

Although Japan has not forced consumers to prepay deposits, and returned the deposit after the packaging is returned, the Japanese beer industry has already done so. Many vending machines have also adopted the same basic practice. The price of a box of paper-based drinks contains a deposit of 10 yen. After the consumer finishes drinking and folds the automatic recycling machine next to the input, the deposit will be automatically returned. .

Some stores also encourage customers to bring their own shopping bags. If they want to use the shop's shopping bags, they will need to pay extra. Through the joint efforts of all parties, the amount of packaging waste in Japan has dropped by a certain extent, and has achieved good results.

3, in the specified time, the specified location classification recycling packaging waste

Statistics show that the proportion of Japanese packaging waste (also known as packaging waste, the same below) is not more than that of countries such as Britain and the United States, but also slightly lower than these countries. For example, about one-third of household waste in the United States and the United States is packaging waste by weight; the data provided by Japan’s “Environmental White Paper” shows that in Japan's household waste, packaging waste only accounts for 22.6%.

Japan also pays special attention to the recycling and recycling of packaging, and strives to conserve resources and reduce pollution to the environment. The Japanese government formulated the "Container Packaging Recycling Act" in 1995, which clearly stipulates that manufacturers and consumers are obliged to recycle various types of packaging wastes for recycling. The law also stipulates that container packaging waste must be strictly classified into metal, glass, paper, and plastic, and be fully recycled.
Consumers should place the packaging waste at a designated place at a designated time, and be recycled regularly by the relevant local government authority or a designated recycling company and sent to a designated factory for reprocessing.

In the residential area where the reporter lives, the relevant government departments require households to place various types of packaging waste at designated locations before 8 o'clock in the morning every Friday. Newspapers and magazines must be bundled; all kinds of paper boxes and cartons must be unpacked and flattened; bottles and plastic bottles must be cleaned, the water must be drained and placed in a transparent plastic bag.

In order to promote the recycling of packaging waste, Japan has also set up a "Japan Container Packaging Recycling Association" as a consortium to guide consumers to actively cooperate with the recycling of packaging waste. At the same time, it also accepts commissions from companies to assist them in recycling container packaging waste, etc. .