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Plastic saved from eating
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MODERN society has created a high-frequency and fast pace of life, and with it a rapid increase in fast-moving consumer goods. China has always been a country where food is the order of the day, and we have evolved from ordering take-out to buying groceries online such as the famous Hema Fresh and Dingdong Maicai. While customers complete their orders, the merchant delivery will not accidentally use plastic bags.
According to online statistics, China’s daily grocery shopping alone will use 1 billion plastic bags, and plastic take-out boxes are commonplace. So in this context, I think reducing the use of plastic in these two areas is one of the important links to end plastic waste.
First of all, for fresh logistics, so far we still retain the traditional model of manual sorting and dedicated delivery. But if we can combine the current advanced AUTOSTORE integrated sorting and storage model, which consists of five standard modules: robot, port or workstation, grid, box and controller.
If we combine the concept of environmental protection, we do not use plastic bags in the process of machine sorting, and replace them with recyclable 0-degree fresh storage boxes. From the perspective of the business, the logistics consumption is greatly reduced, moreover, and the labor cost. The artificial intelligence sorting technology can eliminate the sorting error rates. Such a multi-benefit is bound to be implemented in the business, it can greatly reduce the use rate of plastic bags, and for consumers, the recyclable 0-degree fresh storage boxes significantly improve the storage conditions of fresh food compared to ordinary plastic bags. The fresh storage conditions also guarantee the quality of the ranch or vegetables directly to home, a win-win situation.
The following is the take-out problem, we must be no stranger to the unified distribution of disposable tableware in small restaurants, as inspiration, I think in the take-out industry, we can also adopt this type of model to the district as a unit, the highest frequency of ordering take-out business district, residential areas as the center to set up a base station, restaurant take-out using recyclable plates instead of plastic tableware, when consumers finish dining, in the recycling of household When consumers finish dining, they will put the used tableware into the recycling box at the same time as they recycle household garbage, and the specialized workers will clean and disinfect them and put them into various catering enterprises to finally achieve the purpose of recycling.
I believe that with the continuous development of artificial intelligence technology, our life will inevitably tend to be robotized, and there will be an endless stream of new technologies appearing.
In addition, people will find ways to minimize or even avoid the unnecessary use of plastics, so that the earth will be sustainable and human civilization will reach a high level of innovation.
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