The development of packaging has gone through four obvious stages: the original packaging stage, the large packaging stage, and the small packaging stage. At present, it has gradually entered a new stage of environmentally friendly (green) packaging. With the development of the commodity economy, the commercial nature of the packaging itself has become more and more significant. It has become a special product that is no longer dependent on the production of commodities, and is a widely used product that all commodities are inseparable from.

The development of the packaging industry has allowed packaging materials to evolve from natural plants and ceramics into a pattern dominated by four major types of materials: paper, plastic, glass, and metal. However, with the prosperity of products and the rapid rise of the packaging industry, packaging waste has also increased day by day, causing "white pollution". In this regard, governments, relevant enterprises and all sectors of society around the world are very concerned and have passed legislation; advocate and call on consumers to choose environmentally friendly and simple packaging; research, development, and use of new degradable materials to alleviate or eliminate "white pollution". Environmentally friendly packaging has begun to become a new fashion in the world.