Surgical glove manufacturers introduce the development status of medical plastic packaging in China, attracting attention

The development status of domestic medical plastic packaging attracts attention

Environmental issues are one of the more severe challenges facing China in the 21st century, and protecting the environment is a fundamental interest in ensuring long-term stable economic growth and achieving sustainable development. And with the continuous enhancement of people's environmental awareness, pollution-free and environmentally friendly packaging is also more favored by consumers. Therefore, green packaging was born from this.

Green packaging is a new concept developed under traditional packaging. It is a packaging that is harmless to the ecological environment and human health, can be reused and regenerated, and conforms to sustainable development. It is an inevitable choice to solve the serious environmental pollution and will definitely be the trend of the packaging industry in the future. Green packaging materials not only need to be hygienic and environmentally friendly, but also have the functions and performance that packaging should have.

Due to the impact of the global financial crisis, the growth rate of industrial production development in countries around the world has slowed down. However, due to the implementation of strong alliances and cross-border cooperation measures in the world packaging industry, there have been new developments in the packaging industry. Packaging materials and products have grown steadily, and new packaging materials, processes, technologies, and products continue to emerge. Plastic packaging still maintains a high growth rate.

Plastic, with its excellent properties, reliable performance, and convenient molding process, has been increasingly widely used in the medical field, making the preparation of medical products from plastic materials highly promising.

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Firstly, plastics have good physical and mechanical properties as well as chemical stability, making them more suitable for use in the medical field; Secondly, polymer materials have abundant sources and low prices, making them suitable for making medical supplies and avoiding the problems of disinfection and cross infection caused by the repeated use of traditional material products due to high prices; Moreover, plastics have or are easily modified to obtain good tissue compatibility and blood compatibility products; Plastic processing is also convenient, with low production costs, suitable for various molding methods, and easy to process into complex shapes and develop new medical products.

Compared with ordinary plastics, medical plastics have higher requirements and strict restrictions on the residue of monomers and oligomers; There are strict regulations on the residual metal ions such as zinc, lead, cadmium, copper, barium, tin, etc. in plastics. Resins used for medical plastics require high purity and narrow molecular weight distribution; During the processing or modification of plastics, it is required to use non-toxic additives as much as possible. Long term use should prevent or reduce the precipitation of additives to avoid affecting the performance and effectiveness of the product; According to the different usage requirements of medical plastic products, it is often necessary for plastic products to have special functions such as surface hydrophilicity, anticoagulant, and radiation sterilization resistance.

In recent years, medical plastic packaging closely related to people's health has attracted attention. With the implementation of environmental standard ISO14000, new biodegradable plastics have attracted much attention. It is reported that the annual demand for biodegradable plastics in the Western European market is 20000 tons, mainly applied in composting bags, garbage bags, plastic film, composite paper, fast food packaging containers, and beverage cups.

Green packaging is a new concept developed under the traditional packaging design mode. It is a packaging that is harmless to the ecological environment and human health, can be reused and regenerated, and conforms to sustainable development. It is an inevitable choice to solve serious environmental pollution. Its philosophy has two meanings: one is to protect the environment, and the other is to conserve resources. These two complement each other and cannot be separated. Protecting the environment is the core, and conserving resources is closely related to protecting the environment, because conserving resources can reduce waste, which is actually protecting the environment from the source.