Environmental protection tableware market prospects

● Policy Background Disposable polystyrene foam tableware is difficult to degrade, and there is still a certain degree of difficulty in full recycling. To this end, with the approval of the State Council, the State Economic and Trade Commission published in the "Outdated Production Capacity, Process and Product Catalogue" (the first batch), Order No. 6 issued in January 1999 clearly stipulated that by the end of 2000, the one-time foaming shall be completely banned. Cutlery, and put forward the basic requirements of the replacement products, that is easy to recycle or easily degradable, the new national standard for degradable tableware (GB18006.1-1999) was formally promulgated on November 19, 1999, and from 2000 It will be formally implemented on January 1. According to relevant requirements of the State Economic and Trade Commission, all regions, departments, and related companies must start planning from January 1, 2001, and take effective measures to resolutely eliminate foamed plastic tableware, and must not newly add, transfer, produce, or use the product. In enterprises that refuse to implement, the administrative departments for industry and commerce must revoke their business licenses in accordance with the law. All relevant departments must cancel production licenses, and all commercial banks must stop their loans. If the circumstances are serious, the legal responsibilities of the directly responsible person in charge and other persons directly responsible shall be investigated. According to the recent introduction of relevant leaders of the State Economic and Trade Commission’s Industrial Policy Department, from January 1st, 2001, the technical supervision department and the industrial and commercial department will strictly enforce the law, and the economic and trade commission will be responsible for supervising the implementation. The foam plastic tableware will be listed as not meeting the requirements of the national standards. Fake and inferior products, prohibit production, sales and use. The obsolescence of foamed plastic tableware has given rise to a red light for all companies engaged in product manufacturing. Manufacturers can't just control product production. They also have to be responsible for the source of raw materials and the eventual demise. ● Status of environmental protection tableware industry According to the national policy requirements, after the elimination of foamed plastic tableware, new environmentally friendly tableware will be promoted, mainly including natural materials and light/biodegradable plastics. In recent years, a large number of new types of tableware have been tested and used according to the requirements of relevant national standards. The production process and safety, health, and environmental performance are the most stable, and the prices are also superior to those of light/biodegradable polypropylene products; followed by cardboard coating types, Due to the heavy environmental pollution in the early stage caused by the current production process, the pulp molding type has a relatively high cost for compliance with food hygiene, and the cost of qualified products cannot be reduced. It is not advisable to promote the leading type products; the plant fiber tableware meets the environmental health performance standards. The process is becoming more and more stable, coupled with low raw material prices, no major pollution in the external environment, and good biodegradability. The prospects for the biodegradable properties are still good. The compound starch molding film type (edible powders) is currently being used in small quantities. The formation of mass production, if it can meet the requirements of the standard, has certain competitive advantages in terms of price and degradation performance. If it can develop into a foaming type, the market competitiveness will be more prominent. There are also some foamed plastic products with photodegradation or biodegradability, such as “photo/biodegradable polystyrene foam lunch boxes” and “biodegradable compound starch-added polystyrene foam lunch boxes” due to delamination. The degradation rate is slow, the mechanism of biodegradation is not certain, there are many natural interference factors, and the presence of styrene oligomers has not been considered in national standards. Regarding the cardboard coated PE film lunch box (also known as “paper-plastic lunch box”), due to the increasingly mature technology of recycled beater filtration, the PE film formed into small pieces can be collected and processed in a centralized manner and has no significant impact on the environment. It can also be included in the Cardboard coating type. The rice-wheat shell foaming type has also emerged. Due to its poor strength, the food hygiene performance is not clear and has not been considered in national standards. ● Market Analysis and Outlook The replacement of disposable foam tableware in China has begun. As early as 1999, the Beijing Municipal Government had stipulated that sales of disposable foam plastic tableware should be forbidden at railway stations, coach stations, airports, the capital’s civilized scenic spots (points) and hotels and restaurants, and that new types of alternatives should be recycled. (Currently, this work is under the leadership of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, and Beijing Kafa Environmental Protection Center is responsible for the specific organization and implementation), and requests that all plastic cutlery recycling rate reach more than 60%. According to statistics, at present, 36 large and medium-sized cities across the country have promulgated relevant regulations prohibiting the use of foamed plastic tableware. With the continuous deepening of the replacement work, the products with suitable performance and prices will continue to emerge. When selecting alternative products, the departments at all levels should adhere to the principle of “promotion and education as the guide, strengthening management as the core, product substitution and recycling management,” seeking truth from facts, adapting to local conditions, insisting on the substitution and recovery at the same time, strictly in accordance with the state’s The standard requirements and sustainable development approach to the replacement of disposable tableware, choose raw materials, stable performance, reliable, affordable, easy to recycle, easy to store or easily degradable alternatives, so that "white pollution" management to implement, See actual results. With the improvement of people’s living standards and environmental awareness, and the rapid development of the fast food industry, the continuous appearance of new environmentally-friendly tableware is also unstoppable. The types and use of fast food products will also continue to increase, both at home and abroad. The competition in the fast food industry itself will be even fiercer, and its direction of development will be more easily recyclable and easier to absorb in the environment.

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