| In order to quickly and effectively curb the further deterioration of express packaging waste and implement the concept of green development,promoting the development of Green Express Packaging has become the top priority to solve the problem.For this purpose,the State Post Office and relevant functional departments clearly put forward the requirements of strengthening the legal management of Green Express Packaging.The paper firstly analyzes the problems such as the lack of perfect recycling system of packaging waste,the unreasonable packaging phenomena like over packaging and short packaging,the imperfection of packaging laws and regulations system,and the lack of understanding of social public on the use and consumption concept of green packaging,and then clarifies the necessity of developing the legal system of Green Express Packaging.Secondly,according to the function of legal definition,we can define that the main purpose of defining Green Express Packaging is to reveal its connotation,determine its legal attribute and promote the research and practice of Green Express Packaging law.It is believed that only by forming an accurate and appropriate legal definition of Green Express Packaging,can the laws and regulations related to Green Express Packaging obtain a relatively solid legal basis,and can the rights and obligations of relevant subjects of Green Express Packaging be ensured to get a more clearly and definite edge.Green Express Packaging is newly emerged,and its legal definition is inseparable from the accurate grasp of its scientific and technical attributes.The paper analyzes the definition characteristics of "green packaging" in the national standard "Method and criteria of green packaging assessment",and gets deeper understanding of the concept of "green" in terms of energy attribute,resource attribute,environmental attribute and product attribute.By analyzing the relationship and difference between the definition of legal concept and the definition of national standards,the paper can draft the legal definition according to the definition of green packaging in national standards.On the basis of the draft,the legal definition of Green Express Packaging can be formed.The Green Express Package refers to the express package products that can be used to protect the express from external damage in the process of turnover with the advantages of being easily recycled,being produced according to the clean production requirements and having no or less harm to human health and natural environment. |