In November, the express delivery industry officially entered the peak business season. According to monitoring data from the State Post Bureau, a total of 0.569 billion express parcels were received nationwide on November 1, an increase of 28.54 percent over the same period last year. The accompanying express packaging garbage also continues to increase, and many express goods still have excessive packaging phenomena such as "large boxes, small boxes" and "inflatable film stuffed cartons. (November 7, Economic Daily)

In recent years, with the rise of the online shopping industry, "online shopping" has also emerged, and online shopping has become a part of people's lives. However, with the arrival of express delivery, express packaging carton processing problems also followed. In order to ensure the safety of the goods during delivery, some merchants often pack several layers of goods, either "big boxes and small boxes" or "inflatable films stuffed with cartons". However, many "online shoppers" are also faced with a dilemma in the face of express cartons: it is useless to keep them, but it is a pity to lose them.

According to statistics, in 2021, China's express business volume has exceeded 100 billion pieces. On November 1 this year alone, a total of 0.569 billion express parcels were collected nationwide, an increase of 28.54 percent over the same period last year. This shows that this year's express business volume is certainly increasing.

It is understood that, in addition to a small number of express packaging using woven bags and plastic bags, most of them are carton packaging. Take express cartons as an example. According to the average weight of each carton is 0.1kg, it takes 20 trees to produce 1 ton of paper. One year's express packaging cartons will consume nearly 50 million trees. It's really "not that I don't know, but I'm shocked." However, these express packaging materials have hardly been recycled and reused. They are basically thrown away as waste products, and the waste phenomenon is very serious. It can be seen that the problem of waste of resources caused by express cartons has become increasingly prominent, and it is urgent to control the "excessive packaging" of express delivery.

But the author believes that the management of express excessive packaging can not be "on paper". In recent years, the management of express "excessive packaging" documents, notices, including various initiatives are not uncommon, but why year after year "under the document" "issued a notice" "push initiatives", is not express packaging "slimming", but more and more "excessive".

Therefore, more "practical measures" are needed to control the "excessive packaging" of express delivery ". On the one hand, relevant departments should issue "industry standards" for express delivery packaging as soon as possible, standardize the use of green and environmentally friendly packaging materials, eliminate repeated waste and luxurious decoration, and establish the concept of recycling, and establish a unified recycling mechanism for the garbage generated by express packaging. Improve the efficiency of the use of packaged items. On the other hand, as a courier company or seller, when packaging goods, they should earnestly fulfill the regulations and requirements of "simple packaging" and recycle them through carton recycling.

At the same time, severe punishment mechanism should be given to the wanton "excessive packaging" behavior of businesses. The interview should be interviewed, the fine should be fined, and the business suspension for rectification should be closed for rectification. It must not be allowed to wantonly "excessive packaging", resulting in the "green up" of express packaging always becoming a "paper over order".

At present, many express companies or e-commerce companies have launched services such as "carton recycling", "carton for points" and "local express use of recycling boxes". This is a good "coup". The author believes that only by making more "practical moves" and "ruthless moves" can the stubborn disease of "excessive packaging" of express delivery be effectively curbed.