With the rapid development of e-commerce and express industry in China, the environmental pollution caused by waste accumulation of express packaging should not be overlooked. In order to reduce the environmental pollution of express packaging, improve the utilization of resources, and achieve the express industry’s sustainable development, an express package recycling system was put forward based on 3R principle of circular economy theory, while some basic conditions and supporting measures to satisfy the recycling system were suggested with the aim to realizing the optimal economic and social benefit in express packaging recycling.