Degradable takeaway lunch boxes replace plastic lunch boxes

Too busy, too tired, order takeout, don't want to cook, order takeout. This is a common phenomenon for people to solve three meals a day in today's fast-paced life, which is undoubtedly the gospel of lazy people. With the popularity of takeaways, the demand for lunch boxes is also increasing.

According to statistics, disposable plastic lunch boxes not only bring countless conveniences, but also pollute the environment. According to statistics, in 2017, my country consumed 19.8 billion disposable plastic lunch boxes. In 2019, the consumption of disposable plastic lunch boxes exceeded 40 billion, with an average consumption of more than 100 million per day. These plastic lunch boxes cannot be degraded and are difficult to recycle. Under today's environmental protection policies, it is the right solution to seek another way out.

The earliest lunch box can be traced back to the foam lunch box, because it is not resistant to high temperature and unsafe, and the aggravation of white pollution has been eliminated. Although there are more or less on the market, it is used by merchants to save costs; now most merchants have turned to Plastic PP lunch boxes, paper lunch boxes, etc. Among them, plastics have become the mainstream materials of today's fast food boxes due to their low toxicity, heat resistance, easy production and relatively low cost.

In fact, from a safety point of view, the plastic lunch box is undoubtedly the winner, but compared with the previous generation of foam lunch boxes, the pollution caused is actually the same. The consequence of one-time use is that it is thrown away after use. With such a huge demand in the lunch box industry today, disposable plastic lunch boxes cannot be degraded, and they are thrown away after use, which is difficult to dispose of. Therefore, the trend of environmental protection in recent years is under the trend of , Degradable takeaway lunch boxes, also known as environmentally friendly lunch boxes, were born.

At present, the environmentally friendly lunch boxes that are available on the market are made of plant fibers, such as bamboo, rice husk, bagasse and other plant fibers as raw materials. become. These plant fibers are the waste of agricultural products and are natural, so that agricultural resources can be comprehensively utilized, and there is no need to worry about the source of raw materials.

So why are environmentally friendly lunch boxes not common on the market? In fact, the high cost and shortcomings are obviously the reasons why it is difficult to implement environmentally friendly lunch boxes in the takeaway industry, but you can still buy them on major e-commerce platforms.

On the flights of foreign airlines, this kind of meal box has been very common; it can be seen that although it has not been used in the field of takeaway, other meal scenarios that require ordering have been put into use. It is conceivable that it has begun to be widely used internationally.