Abstract:In the background of low-carbon economy, the logistics activities call for low- carbon and green touch. However, the way of low-carbon logistics is full of difficulties in China, because it is subject to a number of factors such as old-fashioned thoughts, guidance and management policy lagging behind, the extensive mode of the industry development, the obsolescence in logistics facilities and equipments, lack of coordination between logistics and other industries, and so on. The packaging is the basis of logistics activities, it can promote the realization of the low-carbon logistics to develop environmental packaging. There are two ways that environmental packaging can play a catalytic role in low-carbon logistics: First, the reduction of packaging materials with R&D and application of green packaging materials; second, the green and environmental protection in the design and application of packaging mode in order to achieve the unity of logistics and packaging.