What is the prospect of the environmental protection tableware market?

We eat breakfast in plastic bags on the way to work in the morning, pack our meals in plastic boxes after going to restaurants, and receive takeaways in plastic boxes from the delivery staff... These normal life scenes may happen in 2022 Variety.

The dangers of plastic tableware

According to relevant doctors, when the temperature of the food materials contained in the disposable foam material kitchen utensils reaches above 60 degrees, the polyurethane foam plastic tableware will release harmful substances, which will cause certain harm to the body's nervous system and cause serious damage. endanger everyone's physical and mental health.

The key component used to make packaging bags is polyethylene, and the gas hydrogen chloride (HCL) released by it is a harmful gas, especially for packaging bags that have not been tested by the health administrative department, the HCL gas components released are also greatly exceeding the standard. It is very harmful to the body, and it is very easy to produce carcinogens.

In addition to being harmful to human health, these plastic wastes also affect the environment we live in. According to relevant data, the annual output of plastics in my country is 30 million tons, the consumption is more than 6 million tons, and the annual plastic waste is more than 1 million tons. The proportion of waste plastics in garbage accounts for 40%.

So the question is, the use of plastic tableware has been reduced, what can be used to replace them? Will it prevent us from packing and ordering takeaway?

Don't worry, in recent years, countries and industries have been exploring environmentally friendly materials that can replace plastics to make tableware, such as "straw green tableware".

Straw green environmental protection tableware also called plant fiber environmental protection tableware, the main raw materials are wheat straw, straw, rice husk, corn stalk, reed stalk, bagasse, and other natural renewable plant fibers, a convenient tableware molded by disinfection, crushing and other processes Containers, products mainly include: bowls, cups, plates, saucers, forks, spoons, and environmentally friendly coffee cups. The raw materials of the products are all-natural plants, and the production process is naturally high-temperature sterilized. There is no waste liquid, no harmful gas, and waste residue pollution in the production process, and the products meet the national environmental protection and hygiene requirements.

Is the environmentally friendly tableware produced from sugar cane bagasse feasible? In fact, the paper tableware technology produced by whole bagasse has been developed. It is made of 100% bagasse as raw material and produced through various processes. The product has high physical strength, good waterproof and oil-proof performance, low production cost, which is about 30% lower than wood pulp products, and has no toxic or side effects, and the technology is quite mature.

At present, the price of environmentally friendly and degradable tableware on the market is slightly higher than that of plastic tableware, which means that there is still a lot of room for printing and packaging factories to play. With the promotion at the national level, catering companies are more and more motivated to replace plastic tableware. It is a huge opportunity for printing and packaging enterprises.

The use of degradable and environmentally friendly tableware produced by bagasse is a very good thing and deserves to be vigorously promoted. At the same time, printing and packaging companies are facing challenges in production technology, quality control, and cost reduction. They must not only produce environmentally friendly products that meet the national regulatory requirements, but also minimize product prices in order to replace plastic tableware more quickly. status.