World Environment Day: Beat plastic pollution – a plan for sustainable packaging in Africa
The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) World Export Development Forum 2018 is scaling up sustainable trade and enterprise development in Africa by supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).by ITC News
世界環境日:戰勝塑料汙染——非洲可持續包裝計劃
國際貿易中心(ITC) 2018年世界出口發展論壇(World Export Development Forum 2018)正在通過支持微型、中小型企業(MSMEs)擴大非洲的可持續貿易和企業發展規模。來自ITC新聞
The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) World Export Development Forum 2018 is scaling up sustainable trade and enterprise development in Africa by supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
國際貿易中心(ITC) 2018年世界出口發展論壇(World Export Development Forum 2018)正在通過支持微型、中小型企業(MSMEs)擴大非洲的可持續貿易和企業發展規模。
Growth in trade leads to more packaging: currently, more packaging means more plastic. ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ marks this year’s World Environment Day on Tuesday, 5 June 2018. The World Export Development Forum will feature a regional packaging event that puts an accent on sustainable packing solutions.
貿易的增長導致更多的包裝:目前，更多的包裝意味著更多的塑料。今年的世界環境日（World Environment Day），2018年6月5日星期二，主題是“戰勝塑料汙染”。世界出口發展論壇將突出一個強調可持續包裝解決方案的區域包裝活動。
Packaging accounts for 41% of the annual increase in landfill and ocean pollution. Over the last five years, $100 billion worth of products exported from Africa to the United States and the European Union has been rejected at borders due to packaging issues. The problems stem from a lack of compliance with standards, poor labelling and limited packaging alternatives. Inadequate packaging impedes Africa’s MSME export growth to reach new markets, particularly in the food sector, and has a detrimental effect on new start-ups, damaging brand image.
在垃圾填埋場和海洋汙染的年度增長中，包裝佔了41%。在過去的五年裡，價值1000億美元的從非洲出口到美國和歐盟的產品由於包裝問題在邊境被拒絕。這些問題的根源在於缺乏對標準的遵守、標籤不完善以及包裝替代方案有限。包裝不當阻礙了非洲的中小企業增長出口量，以進入新的市場，尤其是在食品行業，並對新成立的初創企業造成了不利影響，損害了品牌形象。
“African enterprises now place packaging at the top of their export and sector development priorities,” says ITC’s Senior Export Packaging Specialist, Frederic Couty. As a result, ITC is working with firms and technical institutions across the world to reduce the negative impact of packaging in trade.
“非洲企業現在把包裝放在其出口和部門發展優先次序的前端，” ITC高級出口包裝專家，弗雷德裡克·庫迪說。因此，國際貿易中心正與世界各地的公司和技術機構合作，減少包裝對貿易的負面影響。
Mr. January Melkiado, Manager of the Small Industries Development Organisation packaging centre in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, praises the benefits of such partnerships. “The upgrading by ITC of our packaging support centre in 2016 fully equipped us to help agri-food SMEs in the surrounding area,” he says. “Improved information and testing facilities have [allowed] local designers, such as i-print, to produce market-compliant packaging.”
坦桑尼亞聯合共和國達累斯薩拉姆小型工業發展組織包裝中心經理Melkiado先生讚揚了這種夥伴關係的好處。“國際貿易中心於2016年更新包裝支援中心，為協助周邊地區的農糧中小企業提供全面支援，”他說。“改進的信息和測試設施‘使得’本地包裝設計師，如i-print，能夠生產符合市場要求的包裝。”
ITC’s collaboration with new technical partners and leading packaging, logistics and e-commerce providers can help turn the challenges Africa faces into opportunities. For example, companies in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are creating biodegradable substitutes for plastic that can be produced on a small scale using organic waste. Through its donor-funded projects, ITC can connect these innovations with packaging users, manufacturers, business development support services and sector associations to rapidly roll out their use in developing countries.
國際貿易中心與新的技術合作夥伴以及領先的包裝、物流和電子商務供應商的合作，可以幫助非洲將面臨的挑戰轉化為機遇。例如，芬蘭、法國、德國、意大利、荷蘭和英國的公司正在研製生物可降解的塑料替代品，這種塑料可以用有機垃圾小規模生產。通過其捐助者資助的項目，國際貿易中心可以將這些創新與包裝用戶、製造商、商業發展支助服務和行業協會聯繫起來，以便在發展中國家迅速推廣它們的應用。
ITC can act as a platform that links pioneering technology, local support services and resources to MSMEs. These businesses can then take advantage of sustainable packaging advice and design services that improve market compliance, increase competitiveness and ultimately add value.
ITC可以作為一個平臺，將領先技術、本地支持服務和資源與中小型企業聯繫起來。然後，這些企業可以利用可持續包裝的建議和設計服務，提高市場依從性，提高競爭力，最終增加價值。
The World Export Development Forum, taking place on 11-12 September in Lusaka, Zambia, will feature a regional packaging event, organized with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Italian company IMA, connecting major supply-chain actors to local producers to find a better way of packaging products in Africa. The 2018 edition of the Forum will scale up trade for MSMEs in a sustainable way.
9月11日至12日在贊比亞盧薩卡舉行的世界出口發展論壇將連同糧食及農業組織(FAO)和意大利公司IMA重點舉辦一次區域的產品包裝活動，將主要的供應鏈參與者與當地生產者聯繫起來，以便在非洲找到更好的包裝產品方式。2018年，該論壇將以可持續的方式擴大中小企業的貿易。
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