National Post Office: Express delivery will ban non-degradable plastic bags!

On October 14, the State Post Bureau held a regular press conference for the fourth quarter of 2022 to introduce the progress of the "9917" project for the green development of
the postal express industry.
At the meeting, Guan Aiguang, deputy director of the Market Supervision Department of the State Post Bureau, said that the control of excessive packaging of mail express mail should be comprehensively strengthened, the national plastic pollution control work deployment should be implemented, and the use of non-degradable plastic packaging bags, plastic tapes, disposable plastic woven bags, etc.

will be prohibited at postal express outlets nationwide.

According to the State Post Bureau, by the end of September, the proportion of the entire industry procurement and use of packaging materials that meet the standards and standardized packaging operations has reached 90%, a total of 9.
78 million recyclable express boxes (boxes) have been placed, 122,000 recycling devices have been deployed in postal express business and investment outlets, and 640 million corrugated boxes have been recycled and reused, and the green governance of express packaging has achieved initial results
.

Guan Aiguang pointed out that compared with the requirements of high-quality development of the industry, there are still deficiencies
such as the legal standard system covering the whole chain of express packaging, the situation of joint management has not yet been formed, and the information supervision means are relatively lagging behind.

In this regard, Guan Aiguang said that we should focus on four aspects of work:

The first is to highlight the key points and grasp the governance, comprehensively strengthen the control of excessive packaging of mail and express, implement the national plastic pollution control work deployment, and ensure that by the end of 2025, the use of non-degradable plastic packaging bags, plastic tapes, disposable plastic woven bags, etc.

will be prohibited at postal express outlets nationwide.

The second is to seek truth and pragmatism to promote circularity, steadily promote the large-scale application pilot of recyclable express packaging, and promote packaging recycling and reuse
.

The third is to persistently strengthen supervision, seriously investigate and deal with violations of laws and regulations such as excessive packaging, steadily promote the reform of the supervision of postal supplies and utensils, and accelerate the construction of a monitoring and analysis platform
for green governance of express packaging.

The fourth is to coordinate and co-govern, grasp and manage together, strengthen departmental coordination, implement powers and responsibilities, and pay attention to public opinion publicity
.