What Should Be Paid Attention to When Designing Kraft Paper Packaging?

The recyclability design of kraft paper bag is one of the main contents of green design. The recyclability of packaging products is closely related to packaging design. If the packaging product is not designed for recyclability or reusability, its recyclability effect is poor. Conversely, if the packaging design takes into account the future recycling and reuse of this product, the so-called recyclable design of the packaging means that the recycling possibility of its parts and materials should be fully considered during packaging design. A series of issues related to recyclability, such as value, recycling processing method, recycling processing structure and manufacturability, in order to achieve the fullest use of material resources and energy, and a design idea and method that minimizes environmental pollution.

The life cycle of traditional kraft paper packaging products is a linear process or an open-loop process. The products are sold to consumers in the circulation field through the production process. After the consumer uses the product, it is discarded due to the loss of its function. The treatment and disposal of packaging waste is usually borne by society. Packaging manufacturing companies often develop various new packaging products in order to gain market competition and meet the personalized consumption requirements of users. In the development process, the recycling performance of packaging products is rarely considered, so as the number of products sold increases, a lot of waste is generated. These wastes are usually very difficult to handle, costly, and pose a serious threat to the environment. The recycling design requires that this model be changed, and its open-loop linear life cycle is transformed into a closed-loop life cycle. In this case, packaging waste can be reused after effective recycling treatment, and the materials are re-used. After processing, it can become a new production material.

Compared with the open-loop linear product life cycle, the closed-loop recycling system adds multiple recycling links.

Kraft Paper Cups

Traditional design often considers meeting the requirements of function, life, quality and cost, with little or no consideration of the disassembly and recycling performance of the product, which makes it difficult for the product to achieve the purpose of disassembly and recycling. Recycling design is the initial stage of the design. Disassembly and recycling is one of the goals, which overcomes the shortcomings of traditional design. This can save materials and resources, and have the least impact on environmental pollution.

In the food industry, you can see the shadow of kraft paper cups. KFC and McDonald’s are indeed packaged with food-grade kraft paper. Usually, the kraft paper used in this kind of kraft paper packaging has a low weight, generally about 40 grams. Manufactured with whole wood pulp, it needs to fully comply with food grade standards.

Kraft paper packaging design packaging should integrate practicability, artistry, craftsmanship, economy, and information, in an all-round way to protect products, facilitate production, processing, storage and transportation, recycling, beautification, and convey product information, and improve product attachment. The problem of optimizing the combination of material and spiritual functions of consumer products in an attractive and active way.

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