GRS plastic bags, shrink film, stretch film manufacturing factory

Many customers require the use of Recycled materials packaging ， Especially European and American customers repeatedly request the use of Recycled materials to avoid plastic taxes. So Why to use recycled plastic bags? How can plastic taxes be offset?

Professional GRS plastic bags 、 shrink film, stretch film production factory Dongguan Shunxingyuan Packaging Products Co., Ltd. Interpretation as follows:

The EU since 2021 year 1 month 1 day levied a "plastic packaging tax", imposing a tax on disposable plastic packaging at a rate of EUR per kilogram. 0.8 This plastic tax is not levied on virgin plastics or the packaging industry, but rather on the cost of unrecycled plastic packaging waste.

2022 year 4 month 1 From this day, the UK imposed a plastic packaging tax on the production or import of disposable plastic packaging (PPT) at a rate of 0.2 pounds per kilogram.

Italy's plastic tax came into effect on 2023 year 1 month 1 day. This tax was initially mentioned in the 2020 fiscal year budget, and its implementation was postponed several times thereafter.

The Spanish government approved the decree HFP/1314/2022 Spain's plastic tax came into effect on 2023 year 1 month 1 day, with a threshold of non-recycled plastic packaging of 5 kilograms per month, taxed at 0.45 euros per kilogram.

The German government released a draft legislation on the taxation of disposable plastic products. Companies that put disposable plastic products on the German market (including remote sales) will be required to pay taxes for the first time, which is expected to start in 2025 year.

2021 In the year, the US Senate proposed a bill to levy a consumption tax on all non-recycled plastics produced by plastic manufacturers, including plastic packaging, beverage containers, bags, and food service products. The proposal suggests levying a tax of 2022 cents per pound of new plastic starting in 10 year, increasing to 2023 cents in 15 year, increasing to 2024 year 20 year.

with 30 % or more recycled plastic content.

In internationally recognized global recycling standards GRS certification, it is clearly stated that only pre-consumer ( pre-consumer recycled polybag ) PIR and post-consumer ( post-consumer recycled polybag ) PCR materials are considered recycled content. Therefore, 30% recycled、50% recycled、100% recycled refers to the proportion of recycled materials by weight in a product or packaging.

Post-consumer recycled plastic bags ( post-consumer recycled polybag ), materials generated by households or commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities as end-product users that are no longer usable for their intended purpose. Includes materials recovered from the distribution chain. That is, plastic bags recycled after consumer consumption, with widely distributed crystal points, transparent, and slightly darker in color.

PIR Plastic bags are pre-consumer recycled polybag that is, pre-consumer recycled plastic bags, materials diverted from waste streams during manufacturing. Excluding 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 not recycled after consumer consumption.

In summary PCR 、 PIR Plastic bags are GRS certified plastic bags, or recyclable plastic bags, refer to plastic bags that meet customer requirements, reach internationally recognized environmental standards, and are truly recyclable and reusable, and are important products of environmentally friendly packaging bags.

TC certificate ( Transaction Certificate ) is an important document proving recyclable materials, transaction certificate TC This is also an important way for institutions to supervise the entire supply chain to comply with global recycling standards. Transaction Certificate ）这也是机构监督整个供应链符合全球回收标准 GRS In simple terms

The certificate is a reflection of the factory's qualifications, which means that this factory is qualified to produce GRS products, but it can also produce ordinary products. So which products are ordinary? Which ones are recyclable? GRS with

certificates are TC recyclable materials! In other words GRS The certificate is proof of the factory's qualifications, relatively GRS The certificate is proof of a certain batch of goods. TC Therefore

所以 TC The certificate will also contain specific information such as the content and weight of recycled materials in the product.

Shunxingyuan Packaging has successfully issued thousands of TC transaction certificates, efficiently supporting the customization of recyclable plastic bags.