Eight Future Development Directions for Paper Packaging Materials
Among the four main packaging materials—paper, plastic, metal, and glass—paper products are experiencing the fastest growth. Paper is the cheapest, recyclable, reusable as plant fertilizer, and environmentally friendly. So, how will paper packaging materials develop? Experts offer the following insights: 1. High-quality lightweight paper, cardboard, and boxboard. In order to make full use of natural resources and reduce postal and transportation costs as much as possible, the production of low-basis-weight various papers, cardboard, and packaging boxboard is the current development trend of paper products in various countries. China has already proposed the issue of low basis weight in newsprint, letterpress and offset printing paper, and paper bags, and has begun to address it.
