Recyclable and reusable GRS plastic bags are a worthwhile choice

According to data from the United Nations Conference on "Fashion and the Sustainable Development Goals," the global fashion industry has an annual output value of approximately US\$3 trillion, but it also generates 20% of the world's wastewater and 10% of the world's carbon emissions. For example, according to incomplete statistics, producing a T-shirt generates about 2 kilograms of carbon emissions, but washing a piece of clothing, including water, electricity, and detergent, generates about 250 grams of carbon emissions. Washing clothes 8 times is equivalent to making another T-shirt. By 2050, the current lifestyle will require the resources of three Earths to support it.

The traditional economic growth model has developed to a near standstill. Optimizing incremental growth and reforming existing stock are the next directions to drive breakthroughs, and sustainability has emerged as a result.

Consumer attitudes have gradually changed. According to the "Fashion Industry Pulse" report, more than one-third of respondents said they have switched from frequently visited brands to companies that pay more attention to social responsibility, and more than half of the respondents said they will make the same choice in the future.

Against this backdrop, governments around the world are actively promoting this trend. For example, France is drafting a clothing scoring system that takes environmental impact into consideration, such as the carbon footprint generated by the production and transportation of clothing, clothing packaging bags, the toxicity of water and fuel required for clothing production, and whether clothes and plastic bags can be recycled and reused.

Market recognition, government encouragement, and multi-party efforts have created a sustainable development trend in the fashion field. This is an inevitable transformation.

The general principles of sustainable packaging development are: reduce the use of petrochemical materials, reduce water consumption, reduce energy consumption, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce the production of solid waste.

Recyclable plastic bags are an important part of sustainable fashion, and plastic bags with GRS certification, which meets global recycling standards, meet customer requirements and are truly recyclable and environmentally friendly products.

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 adopted by brands such as ZARA, H&M, ADIDAS, Uniqlo, NIKE, IKEA, and GAP, igniting the entire industry chain and involving all supply chains.

Post-consumer recycled plastic bags: Materials generated by households or commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities as end-product users that can no longer be used for their intended purpose. This includes materials recovered from the distribution chain. That is, plastic bags that are recycled after being consumed by consumers.

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 process. That is, plastic bags that are recycled without being consumed by consumers.

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.

GRS plastic bags are favored in foreign countries, especially developed countries in Europe and America, because they are made from waste recycling.

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