The life cycle of dangerous goods packaging and intermediate bulk container was studied and assessed. Simapro software was used to conduct life cycle analysis of two types of solid dangerous goods packaging-usual packaging (corrugated boxes) and Intermediate Bulk Container (fiberboard boxes IBC) and the results were compared with each other. IBC has obvious advantages over the usual packaging in the comparative analysis of lifecycle, including 11 categories of impact on the environment. Among them, the biggest gap is ozone depletion damage, only 60% of the usual packaging, while the smallest is the acidification/ eutrophication, 90% of the usual packaging. IBC has distinct advantages in the transport of large amounts of goods. Under the condition that both IBC and corrugated boxes meet the transportation requirements. IBC should be chosen preferentially for packing transported goods due to its less impact on the environment.