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How much do you know about the safety of packaging plastic bags?
Date:Nov 29,2021
Consumers typically don’t pay much attention to the plastic packaging bags used for toys, but non-standard bags can actually pose certain safety risks—especially the risk of suffocation.
Consumers typically don’t pay much attention to the plastic packaging bags used for toys, but non-standard bags can actually pose certain safety risks—particularly the danger of suffocation.
In toy safety standards, it is explicitly stated that plastic bags or films thinner than 0.038mm must be perforated, as these extremely thin materials can easily cover a child's nose and mouth during use, leading to breathing difficulties and potentially causing suffocation—even posing a life-threatening risk. There have even been documented cases of young children dying from being suffocated by unsafe plastic bags.
Let’s take a look at some countries’ requirements for plastic bags:
Requirements for eco-labeling:
While some eco-friendly labels on packaging bags are voluntary, they still adhere to specific standards. The Society of Plastics Industry (SPI) in the United States has established a standardized labeling system for identifying the types of plastics used in plastic products. This system features a triangular symbol—representing recycling—enclosed within three interlocking arrows, with a number added inside the triangle. SPI attaches this recycling mark directly to plastic items, using numbers from 1 to 7 along with corresponding English abbreviations to indicate the specific resin type of the plastic. As a result, identifying different plastic materials has become simple and efficient, significantly reducing recycling costs. Today, many countries around the world have adopted this SPI labeling scheme. China, for instance, introduced nearly identical labeling standards as early as 1996.
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