Green standards set for express packaging

China is to establish a green packaging standards system for express deliveries and has set an initial target for using recycled packaging, under a recently issued action plan for the industry.

Ten percent of recycled express packaging should be used for intracity deliveries by the end of 2025, according to the Action Plan for Advancing the Green Transformation of Express Packaging. The plan, jointly issued by eight central departments including the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Post Bureau and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, focuses on key areas and major issues to enhance standardization, as well as recycling, reduction and use of non-harmful materials for express packaging.

It requires building an effective standardized management system in the express delivery industry, and enhancing awareness about reducing packaging in the e-commerce and express delivery industries.