Reasons Why Foam Dinnerware Was Forbidden

Introduction

According to sources of raw materials, production processes, degradation method and recovery levels, disposable dinnerware could be divided into the following three categories: the 1, biodegradable dinnerware type: such as paper products (including pulp molding, paperboard coating type), edible powder molding type, vegetable fiber molding type, etc.; 2 optical / biodegradable material type: optical / biodegradable plastics (non-foamed) type, such as light biodegradable PP type; 3, materials easy to recycle: such as polypropylene based (PP), high-impact polystyrene class (HIPS), biaxially oriented polystyrene (BOPS), natural inorganic mineral-filled polypropylene composite products.

Reasons Why Foam Dinnerware Was Forbidden

Why did Chinese government forbid foam plastic dinnerware? The Chinese government issued regulations about prohibition of the manufacture, sale and use of disposable foam plastic dinnerware, starting from January 1, 2001 for the following reasons: 1, foam plastic dinnerware is difficult to recycle and reuse after being used and abandoned; 2, foam plastic dinnerware is not easy to decay and degrade in the environment; 3, the foaming agents used in the production of some foam plastic dinnerware enterprises are butane (i.e. lighter gas), which is inflammable and unsafe; 4, harmful substances of the foam plastic dinnerware are easily soluble out at high temperatures (> 65 ° C), which is unsafe during using. Especially when being used in the microwave, it is easily melted; 5, this product is in large size, inconvenient for transportation as well as warehousing; 6, foam plastic is difficult to decompose, but pollutes the environment and is harmful to human body; 7, there are alternative products coming up (corn starch tableware).



Harm of Using Foam Plastic Dinnerware

What harm does using fake environmentally friendly lunch boxes have? Fake environmentally friendly lunch boxes contains a large number of inorganic mineral filler products such as talcum powder or calcium carbonate (there are a few dinnerware made from waste plastics or waste paper, with more danger). The purity of acetic acid residue exceeds several times than that of national standards. Environmental protection and food hygiene of those lunch boxes do not reach the standards, which are easy to cause diseases such as gallstones, and significant harm to body health.

Along with the development of biodegradable dinnerware, people's environmental awareness becomes more and more strong, and more and more disposable tableware wholesale suppliers have arisen.

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