GB/T 31268-2024Restricting excessive packaging for commodities - General rule (English PDF)

1 Scope

This document specifies the basic requirements for limiting excessive packaging of goods, packaging materials, packaging structure and void ratio, number of packaging layers, packaging costs and

Corporate self-declaration:

This document applies to the sales packaging of the goods:

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents constitute the essential clauses of this document through normative references in this document:

For referenced documents without a date, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for referenced documents without a date, the latest version (including all amendments) applies to

This document:

GB/T 4122:1 Packaging terms Part 1: Basics

GB/T 16716 (all parts) Packaging and environment

3 Terms and definitions

The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 4122:1 and the following apply to this document:

3:1

Contents

The product or article contained in the package:

[Source: GB/T 4122:1-2008, 2:9]

3:2

Excessive packaging excessive package

Packaging that exceeds normal packaging functional requirements, and whose packaging void ratio (3:4), number of packaging layers (3:5) and packaging cost exceed the necessary level:

[Source: GB/T 4122:1-2008, 2:25, modified]

3:3 sales package

The packaging is delivered to consumers together with the contents for the purpose of sales:

[Source: GB/T 4122:1-2008, 2:5, modified]

3:4

Packaging interspaceratio

The ratio of the volume of the package excluding the necessary space occupied by the contents to the total volume of the package:

3:5

Package layers packagelayers

The number of physically separable layers of packaging that completely enclose the product:

Note: Complete packaging refers to packaging that prevents the product from escaping:

3:6

Original package

Packaging that comes in direct contact with the product: […]