Why are GRS recyclable plastic bags so popular?

Recycled plastic bags are made by reprocessing discarded plastic bags and scraps, giving them new life and making them reusable and sellable. Of course, this process involves many steps. Recycled plastic bags are produced through various technical means, demonstrating the power of environmental protection and the accumulation of technology.

1、 The Influence of Sustainable Concepts

Sustainability

Millennials (born in the 1990s and 1995s) and Generation Z (born in the 2000s) are particularly concerned about climate and the environment, giving rise to a fashion-conscious environmentalism focused on sustainability.

Under the influence of sustainable concepts, bio-based sources, recyclable regeneration, and biodegradability are important means of achieving sustainable development. Shunxingyuan Packaging attaches great importance to investment in environmental sustainability, not only adopting optimized production processes to significantly reduce wastewater, waste gas, and waste emissions, meeting relevant eco-environmental certification requirements, but also actively participating in and obtaining GRS Global Recycled Standard certification.

2、 Favor from the European Market

Market

The sudden rise of recycled plastic bags is mainly due to the European market. Due to the year-on-year increase in clothing and apparel consumption within the EU, but a significant decrease in the lifespan of individual garments, high clothing consumption means higher demand for accompanying plastic bags, resulting in a large amount of plastic waste and pollution.

Therefore, the EU government has banned plastic waste and requires member states to start specialized plastic recycling to improve the reuse rate of plastic bags. EU member states have turned their attention to recycled plastic bags, bringing a large number of inquiries and orders for recycled plastic bags to the market.

3、GRS Recyclable Traceability Certification

The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) is an international, voluntary, and comprehensive product standard that specifies third-party certification requirements for recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions. The goal of GRS is to increase the use of recycled materials in products and to reduce and eliminate the harm caused by their production. Today, GRS has been popularized throughout the industry chain by brands such as ZARA, H&M, ADIDAS, Uniqlo, NIKE, IKEA, and GAP, involving all supply chains.

GRS recycled plastic bags are generally divided into the following three categories:

Post-consumer recycled plastic bags: Materials generated by households or commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities as end-product users that cannot be reused for their intended purpose. Includes materials recovered from the distribution chain. That is, plastic bags recycled after consumer use.

Pre-consumer recycled plastic bags: Materials diverted from waste streams during the manufacturing process. Excludes the reuse of certain materials, such as rework, regrinding, or residues generated during processing and reused in the same processing. That is, plastic bags recycled without consumer use.

Recycled content: The proportion of recycled materials in a product or packaging by weight. Only pre-consumer and post-consumer materials are considered recycled content.

However, very few plastic bag factories have obtained GRS certification; almost all claim to be able to produce recycled material plastic bags without certification. The quality of recyclable plastic bags produced by uncertified factories is predictable.

Shunxingyuan Packaging GRS Certificate

Shunxingyuan Packaging prioritizes customer needs, taking "green production" as its mission. It adopts multiple measures to continuously improve recycling and reuse technologies, reduce pollutant emissions, use biodegradable substrates, etc., to optimize the production process and successfully pass the GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certification. It truly regulates the source of raw materials, regulates wastewater treatment, chemical use, etc., during the production process. It is also at the forefront of the industry in terms of product recycling/regeneration components, chain of custody control, social responsibility and environmental regulations, and chemical restriction implementation. Shunxingyuan is confident that it will continue to pursue "green production" and provide recyclable "green" packaging bags for various industries.