A few days ago, the salon of opportunities and challenges of paper packaging under the new plastic restriction order was successfully held in Beijing. It is reported that the salon is sponsored by China pulp and paper research institute, China paper society and app (China) of Jinguang group, and organized by China pulp and paper research institute and China paper magazine.

As the host of this salon, Cao Chunyu, chairman of China pulp and paper research institute and Secretary General of China paper society, proposed that this salon aims to take this activity as an opportunity to analyze China's plastic restriction policy and comprehensively explore new opportunities and challenges of paper packaging materials.

On January 16, 2020, the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of ecological environment issued the "opinions on Further Strengthening the control of plastic pollution" (hereinafter referred to as the new plastic restriction order). According to the new plastic restriction order, it is prohibited to produce and sell ultra-thin plastic shopping bags with thickness less than 0.025mm; By the end of 2020, the production and sale of disposable foam plastic tableware and disposable plastic swabs will be prohibited. It is forbidden and restricted to use non degradable plastic bags, disposable plastic tableware, disposable plastic articles for hotels and express plastic packaging. In shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores and other places, promote the use of environmental protection cloth bags, paper bags and other non plastic products and degradable shopping bags; In the field of food and beverage takeout, we should promote the use of straw coated lunch boxes and other bio based products, degradable plastic bags and other alternative products that meet the performance and food safety requirements.

In this regard, Cao Zhenlei, chairman of China papermaking association, pointed out that the salon reflects the requirements of paper industry enterprises to respond to the call of the state and solidly promote the work of plastic pollution control. It will gather the strength of all parties, focus on the latest trend of green packaging solutions such as degradable plastics and paper packaging, exchange and discuss relevant practical experience and key technical bottlenecks that need to be solved, Help the green and high-quality development of packaging related industries such as papermaking and plastics.

Zhai Jingli, vice president of app (China) of kinguang group, said in her speech that the introduction of the new plastic restriction order has brought about the increase in the demand for related environmental protection paper products. The paper industry enterprises should not only think about how to enhance their own advantages and improve the industrial layout, but also lead the upstream and downstream industries to cope with external changes and seize good development opportunities, And promote the overall development of the ecological environment.

In the keynote report, inspector Zhang Jun analyzed the impact of the new plastic restriction order on the industry and enterprises in his speech. In the future, both paper products and plastic products must be environmentally friendly. Relevant industries should take this opportunity to vigorously implement the "three products" strategy of increasing varieties, improving quality and creating brand, and develop better substitutes through innovation.

Guo Yongxin, Executive Secretary General of China Light Industry Federation, made a keynote report entitled "comprehensively promoting pollution control of light industrial plastics". The report introduces the work of the relevant national departments in promoting plastic pollution control and accelerating the promotion of degradable plastics from six aspects: document background, industry status, work measures, standard identification, joint creativity and paper industry opportunities; He said that under the new plastic limit order, the concept of biodegradability will help the application of paper, expand the promotion of paper substitutes, and promote the innovation and development of special functional products in the paper industry, which will provide more opportunities for the paper industry.

In the subsequent topic discussion, vice president Qian Guijing said in the speech entitled "opportunities and challenges coexist, and strive to achieve green product substitution", that the new plastic restriction order has brought new opportunities for the paper packaging industry, and he hoped that the paper industry and other related industries could find better solutions through innovation and industrial integration in the future. Chairman Cao Zhenlei made a speech entitled "thinking on the green and sustainable development of paper industry under the new plastic restriction order", saying that the paper industry should make a difference under the new plastic restriction order, focusing on solving some problems of the current paper packaging performance, the low proportion of primary fiber in packaging paper and the separation and recycling of paper-based composite materials. Chairman Zhao Wei pointed out in his speech that the key to the implementation of the new plastic restriction order is to launch functional products that can meet the market demand. The paper industry should strive to solve the problems of waterproof and anti-seepage of paper packaging products through technological innovation, including extensibility, especially heat sealing, film covering, edge penetration, etc., so as to promote the wider application of paper packaging.

As a representative of the packaging industry, vice president Wang Li and Secretary General Cao Guorong expressed in their speeches that under the background of the new plastic restriction policy, they hoped that the papermaking and printing and packaging industries would work together to develop more environmentally friendly and recyclable products.

Zeng Wei, director of the Department of polymer materials, School of chemical engineering and materials, Tianjin University of science and technology, a representative of the plastics industry, said in a speech on "opportunities and challenges of degradable plastics under the plastic restriction order". The new plastic restriction order may force the development of plastic products from low-end to high-end, and its recycling will be more standardized, efficient and perfect.

Cao Chunyu finally made a speech entitled "policy, opportunity, challenge and innovation". He pointed out that under the promotion of relevant policies, there is a bright future for paper to replace some plastic products, and the paper industry needs to predict as soon as possible, seize the opportunity, and deal with it well; Through the introduction of mature and practical advanced technology and the development of biodegradable paper-based composite materials and other innovative means, we can develop suitable plastic substitute products to meet the market demand.

Based on the implementation of the new plastic restriction policy, through the exchange of ideas, collision of views and mutual inspiration, all the guests in this salon triggered more innovative thinking, comprehensively explored the new opportunities of paper packaging, and jointly promoted the scientific and technological innovation and integrated development of paper packaging. Under the guidance of the new plastic restriction policy, the industry will develop more functional paper packaging materials in line with policy requirements, market demand and environmental protection through continuous innovation, contributing to the construction of ecological civilization in beautiful China.