Biodegradable Tableware ≠ Environmental Tableware

"True" and "Fake" Degradable Tableware Have a Problem

Recently, the industry sources said, according to the relevant association survey, nearly 80% of biodegradable material lunch boxes are faked in the market. The biodegradable tableware used in the food and beverage industry is not optimistic. Much tableware is labeled 'biodegradable' but they do not meet the requirements. Degradable raw materials, compared to ordinary tableware plastic, its price is much higher, generally 20% expensive than the ordinary ones. Increasingly prevalent in the environmental awareness of today, however, more and more businesses aimed at the consumer environmental psychology, take an ordinary plastic or the tableware even not up to or less than ordinary plastic tableware required pretending to be "biodegradable" identity. According to the International Food Packaging Association survey, nearly 80% of the biodegradable paper plates wholesale market are fakes. In addition to the "false degradation" in the prevalence of the industry, "true degradation" tableware also has some problems. The safety performance of the 'biodegradable' tableware is poor, when stored, it is easy to mold and decay; and further, in order to achieve degradation of purposes, and tableware tends to have more additives, which is easily dissolved into the oil or acidic foods.

Non-degradable Tableware is Recognized by GB

Precisely because the domestic biodegradable tableware is not yet mature, the recent national requirements implemented issued from December 1st "plastic disposable tableware general technical requirements" requires the biodegradable bowls wholesale cannot indiscriminately labeled the "biodegradable" words. The new standards have more stringent requirements for tableware can be labeled "biodegradable", such as biodegradation rate required achieve the 60% or above, biodegradable tableware with starch content shall not be less than 40%. Biodegradable tableware only indicates that it does not pollute the environment, and it is not tantamount to environmental tableware. In addition, in the new national standard, as for plastic disposable tableware heat water resistance, heat oil performance, leakage performance, load performance as well as microwave temperature performance and are made specific provisions, which is equivalent to an indirect recognition of non-degradable tableware legal status.

Recommended to Use Paper Lunch Boxes

Speaking of how truly be environmentally friendly and safe, experts suggest that consumers may try to use paper lunch boxes. Paper materials, from the point of view of the resources and environment, are renewable two perishable and recycling. In addition, if you use a plastic lunch box, it is best to use pure transparent plastic products. This is safer for consumers, and it can be heated with a microwave oven. Kind of plastic products waste recovery rate is also high. Of course, at the time of purchase, the consumer may not have too much choice, then the need to distinguish whether plastic tableware security. This can be judged from the " looking, smelling, tearing” several easy ways: to see the tableware overpack whether there is production enterprises information.

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