Japanese food packaging pursues green fashion

The problem of excessive packaging of goods has been talked for many years. Not only has it not changed, it has become increasingly fierce. As we all know, Japan is one of the countries that pays most attention to packaging in the world. However, in recent years, the concept of environmental protection has been deeply rooted in people's minds. Japan has also begun to pursue simple and green new fashions in terms of commodity packaging.

Ninety percent of Japan's milk is sold in crumpled paper packaging, which is a good education. Children can be exposed and used environmentally friendly "green" products from childhood. The easy-to-squash packaging not only has a lower production cost, but also can reduce the occupied space, facilitate recycling processing, and reduce transportation costs. The most common drink in Japan, yakutt healthy drinks, also uses a bottom-openable cup-shaped container. After tearing the bottom, one can easily flatten the container for recycling.

Every year in Tokyo, Japan, a packaging design contest is held. A prize-winning beverage package called ecopac is currently in widespread use. The package consists of a 100% recyclable cardboard box and a bag inside the box for holding the beverage, also known as a liner bag box. The main purpose is to make it easier for people to separate the carton from the bag, and it is easier to handle when it is sent to the recycling process. At present, most of the alcoholic beverages on the market in Japan use such packaging. Another new packaging design that is beginning to be accepted by Japanese consumers is standing bags. Since opening the bag is more likely to spill the internal liquid than opening the bottle, the opening of the bag is specifically designed to facilitate opening. This kind of bag packaging is mainly to replace plastic bottles. To compare the two, the former uses only 1/5 of the plastics. In addition to beverages, many of the edible oils sold in Japan are sold in composite paper packaging, which greatly reduces the use of plastics.

The packaging of Japanese dish cleaners can also take care of environmental protection needs. After the consumer has used the detergent for the first time, he can buy the detergent sold in the vertical bag on the market, and then pour the detergent into the original plastic container to continue using it so that the plastic container does not need to be discarded.