GRS certified recycled plastic bags

In 2021, more and more customers require GRS recyclable plastic bags. So, what exactly are GRS plastic bags, why use them, and are GRS bags environmentally friendly packaging? With these questions in mind, let's look below, and Shunxingyuan, a professional flexible packaging manufacturer, will answer them one by one for you.

I. Introduction to GRS Plastic Bags

GRS plastic bags, or recyclable plastic bags, refer to bags that meet customer requirements, achieve internationally recognized environmental standards, and are truly recyclable and reusable. They are an important product among environmentally friendly packaging bags.

Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certification is an international, voluntary, and comprehensive product standard that sets 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 reduce and eliminate harm caused by their production. Today, GRS has been popularized across the entire industry chain by brands such as ZARA, H&M, ADIDAS, Uniqlo, NIKE, IKEA, GAP, connecting 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 recycled after consumer consumption.

Pre-consumer Recycled Plastic Bags: Materials diverted from the waste stream during the manufacturing process. Excludes the reuse of certain materials, such as rework, regrind, or residual materials generated during processing and re-used in the same process. That is, plastic bags recycled without consumer consumption.

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

GRS plastic bags are favored abroad, especially in developed countries in Europe and America, because they involve waste reuse.

II. GRS Plastic Bags are Superior to Traditional Recycled Plastic Bags

Traditional commercial recycled materials, due to their unstable quality and poorer physical properties, are mostly lower in price and performance compared to virgin materials.

To meet the requirements of brand customers and achieve internationally recognized environmental standards (such as GRS), GRS certified recyclable plastic bags have more stable quality and better performance than traditional recycled material plastic bags.

III. GRS Plastic Bags are Truly Environmentally Friendly

1. Enable waste recycling, reduce excessive resource exploitation, and lessen environmental pollution.

2. Prove that plastic packaging bags can be recycled, as GRS is a traceability certification, providing the most credible proof for recyclable packaging bags.

4. All certified products have standard recycled material content labels, providing reference for subsequent recycling.

5. Enhance a company's "green" and "environmental" market competitiveness, making it more easily recognized by recycling-oriented enterprises.

6. GRS certification offers greater protection for employees. Employees are a company's important assets and an inexhaustible driving force for its progress.