How to distinguish the true and false of degradable disposable tableware?

With the issuance of the "Plastic Ban Order", various degradable plastic products have appeared on the market, and as office workers, "ordering takeaways" has long become a part of our lives, and naturally there is no shortage of them. The use of disposable lunch boxes. So the question is, as ordinary office workers, how do we distinguish the true and false degradable disposable lunch boxes?

The following are some tips for distinguishing the true and false degradable disposable lunch boxes from the degradable disposable tableware manufacturers:

1. Touch: The counterfeit product feels soft to the touch, and it is easy to break if you are not careful.

2. Smell: counterfeit products have a pungent odor, easy to deform and leak when heated;

3. Color: The color of the counterfeit product is darker, and there is serious oil seepage and water seepage;

4. Trademark: no factory name, no trademark and no production date on the packing box and lunch box;

5. Counterfeit tableware is heavier than qualified products, and it is easy to sink in water after being shredded (qualified products have a specific gravity of less than 1 and will not sink).

What are the main ingredients of the degradable lunch box?

There are generally two types of degradable lunch boxes on the market, one is made of natural materials, such as straw, starch, paper products, etc.; the other is mainly made of plastic, adding starch, photosensitizers and other substances. .

1. Degradable natural material lunch box

Degradable natural material lunch box is a disposable degradable lunch box made of natural materials, also known as biodegradable lunch box. Biodegradable lunch box is a relatively advanced environmental protection product. Its main raw material is starch, which is added with annual plant fiber powder and special additives, and is made into a biodegradable fast food box through a series of processing treatments. It can be decomposed into glucose, carbon dioxide and water in the natural environment. The main sources of starch are potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, cassava and other plants.

2. Degradable plastic lunch box

The raw materials for the manufacture of degradable plastic lunch boxes are degradable plastics. The so-called degradable plastics are the addition of certain additives during the production and processing of plastics, such as starch, photosensitizers and other raw materials. After being used and discarded, degradable plastic products can be decomposed into small fragments after being exposed to nature for about three months, but this technology is not yet fully perfected. If these fragments need to be completely degraded, it will take a very long time. However, the transformation from large pieces to small pieces of plastic is not fundamentally qualified for the task of eliminating white pollution. This technology still needs scientists to continue to work hard to make up for the shortcomings.