Packaging and Printing Industry Circular Economy Development

With China's rapid economic growth and increasing population, the contradiction between insufficient resources such as water, land, energy and mineral resources has become increasingly prominent. The situation in ecological construction and environmental protection has become increasingly severe. Faced with this situation, it is particularly important and urgent to develop the circular economy and accelerate the building of a resource-saving society in accordance with the requirements of scientific development.

The development of circular economy is the fundamental way to ease the contradiction of resource constraints, is an effective way to fundamentally reduce environmental pollution, is an important measure to improve economic efficiency, is an urgent need to respond to new trade protectionism, is people-centered, to achieve the essence of sustainable development Claim.

Circular economy is an economy that integrates the comprehensive utilization of clean production and waste. It is essentially an ecological economy. It requires the use of ecological laws to guide the economic activities of human society.

Compared with traditional economy, the difference of circular economy lies in: traditional economy is a one-way flow economy composed of "resource-product-pollution discharge". In this kind of economy, people use more and more intensity to develop the material and energy on the earth, and in the process of production, processing and consumption, they also discharge a lot of pollution and waste into the environment. The use of resources is often Extensive and one-off, through the continuous conversion of resources into waste to achieve the quantitative growth of the economy, resulting in the shortage and depletion of many natural resources, and resulting in disastrous environmental pollution consequences; in contrast, the cycle The economic advocacy is a kind of economic development model based on the continuous recycling of materials, organized into a process of “resources, products, and renewable resources” and the repeated cyclical flow of materials, making the entire economic system and the process of production and consumption. Little or no waste is produced.

As the saying goes, only local resources are misplaced and there is no real waste. The circular economy is characterized by low input, reuse of natural resources and recycling of waste, that is, to follow the 3R principle, thus fundamentally eliminating the sharp conflict between the environment and development over a long period of time. In short, circular economy is the use of natural resources and environmental capacity in accordance with ecological laws to achieve an ecological shift in economic activities. It is an inevitable choice and an important guarantee for the implementation of sustainable strategies.

For a long time, China's packaging and printing industry has developed extensively under high consumption, high energy consumption, and high pollution. However, with the fragility of human living ecosystems, deteriorating environmental quality, and lack of resources, we can no longer use traditional development models in both resource stock and environmental bearing capacity. If the packaging and printing industry continues to follow the path of traditional economic development, it will only slow down the process of modernization in our country and hinder the healthy and sustainable development of the packaging and printing industry.

The development of the economy and the protection of the environment are the inevitable contradictions in the traditional economy. To fundamentally resolve this deep-seated contradiction, it is necessary to realize the transition from the traditional economy to the circular economy as soon as possible and to achieve sustainable consumption from the consumption mode. While basing on the rapid development of the packaging and printing industry, attention should be given to the co-ordination of the structure, benefits, and quality of the industry.

Vigorously developing green packaging and printing is a concrete manifestation of circular economy in the packaging and printing industry. It is an essential requirement for the development of circular economy and the concept of comprehensive and coordinated sustainable development. It is a powerful measure to establish a resource-saving society and promote the harmony between man and nature. We must understand from a strategic perspective, use the global wilderness to grasp the importance and urgency of developing a circular economy, and further enhance the sense of conscientiousness and responsibility.