An Overview of Management Status and Recycling Strategies for Plastic Packaging Waste in China

Given their exceptional performance, plastic packaging products are widely used in daily life, and the dramatic expansion in plastic packaging waste (PPW) has exacerbated environmental problems. Many countries have enacted laws and developed recycling technologies to manage plastic packaging waste i...

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Published in:Recycling (Basel) 2023-12, Vol.8 (6), p.90
Main Authors: Yu, Chaojie, Jin, Diyi, Hu, Xichao, He, Wenzhi, Li, Guangming
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Associations
Carbon
carbon reduction
China
Circular economy
Emissions
full-chain recycling process
Garbage
Infrastructure
management suggestions
Packaging
Packaging design
plastic packaging waste
Plastic pollution
Plastics
Plastics in packaging
Plastics industry
Recycling
regulations
Sustainable design
Waste management
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Summary:Given their exceptional performance, plastic packaging products are widely used in daily life, and the dramatic expansion in plastic packaging waste (PPW) has exacerbated environmental problems. Many countries have enacted laws and developed recycling technologies to manage plastic packaging waste in consideration of the nature of PPW as both garbage and a resource. As the world’s largest producer and consumer of plastics, China has also taken measures to address this issue. This paper presents the latest management regulations and recycling strategies for PPW in China. Based on an analysis of the current management status of PPW and recycling technologies and their carbon emission impacts, some management suggestions and a comprehensive full-chain recycling process were put forward. We supposed that management challenges that need to be overcome in the future can be solved through the improvement of green designs for plastic packaging, manufacturing technology updates, consumption concept changes, and the high-value utilization of PPW. This paper aims to provide valuable references for government decisions on PPW management and, furthermore, to set up an economically sensible and industrially feasible PPW solution and boost the development of PPW recycling.
ISSN:2313-4321
2313-4321
DOI:10.3390/recycling8060090