Consumers are not buying packaging but also “losing weight”

Since ancient times, China has said that “the goods are sold for one skin”. It is undoubted that people should dress and goods need to be packaged. However, since then, merchants have started to implement “exaggerated” packaging on commodities, and they have become increasingly fierce.

A statistical data shows that: China sells about 800 million shirts each year. If each shirt is packed with a carton, it will require about 1.68 million trees with a diameter of 10 centimeters, which is equivalent to the logging of nearly 20,000 acres of forest, and other shirts. There are cardboard inside, there are cartons outside the box too! How many trees will be cut a year? Recently, when Shanghai Hualian Commercial Building purchased shirts from manufacturers, it told manufacturers to reduce the various cartons used for packaging. This not only ensured the interests of consumers, but also saved the world a forest. It was generally welcomed by the people. So environmental protection has led to a new topic: Why can't goods be easily packaged?

The reporter noted various types of cigarettes, alcohol, small foods and various tonics on the market. The outer packaging of many commodities was too “outrageous” and too expensive. Not only did the cost increase greatly, but also the weight increased. In the “Mooncake Wars” of recent years, some businesses have been trying hard to compete on the market and have been playing with patterns on the packaging. The moon cake boxes have changed from cartons into plastic boxes, bamboo boxes, and tin boxes.... Moon cakes, outer packagings, and other products produced by a Sino-foreign joint venture food company. The cost of the incidental material actually accounts for 70% of the total cost. A few days ago reporters found 27 pins on newly purchased children's clothes, and the volume of the whole suit was less than one-tenth of the thick foam board in the box.

At present, there are no clear provisions in China to restrict the problem of “excessive” product packaging. One document shows that general product packaging costs should account for about 10% of the cost, and packaging costs that account for more than 30% of product costs are fraud. Remember that consumers buy products, not packaging. The waste of resources and environmental pollution are the direct consequences of excessive packaging. The practice of Shanghai Hualian Commercial Building deserves our reference.