Manufacture and Characteristics of Biodegradable Tableware

Introduction

Aim at reducing the plastic pollution of some countries and areas, scientists took action of improving the plastic production technology to reduce pollution from plastic to environment. The main technology is biodegradable plastic products.

Current Situation

At present, there are three important types of biodegradable plastic tableware in the world. The first one is based on natual high polymer, the second one is based on natural monomer synthetic polymer, and the last one is based on high polymer produced during fermentation process. In the 1970's, people had strong feelings when plastic products were thrown away into the environment as rubbish, its advantage of being applied so widely had become its disadvantage and burden for human beings. Because these plastic products are durable in use and will not degrade under environment condition, they cause threaten pollution to environment. Thus, people hope to use plastic that could be degraded by organic microorganisms and biodegradable plastic that could be made from renewable resources. As a result, new biodegradable catering disposables technology arised at the historic moment.



Characteristics

There are so many biopolymers, biopolymers produced by biological process and biopolymers produced by natural monomer polymerization in the natural world. All of them are of biodegradability and are the significant resources for making biodegradable plastics. Biopolymers of biodegradable plastic tableware are of essential degradability, but there are some additional agents put into biodegradable plastics to improve their performance, which are of different degradability.

Prospect

Among various types of biodegradable plastic tableware, some have already enjoyed a certain scale of consumer markets, some have not yet commercialized because of technology reasons, and some could not attract enough investment for production even though they are available on manufacturing technique. However, some will be successful in the near future. People are looking forward to more new type biodegradable paper pulp tableware coming into being and entering the market.

www.biodegradabletableware.com.cn is one of the biggest disposable tableware manufacturers in China, which is specialized in research, development, production and marketing of eco-friendly paper tableware and packing materials. At present, we have 12 production lines with the annual production capacity of 1 billion pieces. All the biodegradable packaging products are mainly made from such eco-friendly raw material as bagasse pulp and bamboo pulp. It is the first package manufacturing enterprise in China who has simultaneously obtained standard of ISO9001 Quality Management System and ISO22000 Food Safety Management System (HACCP, GMP, SSOP, etc. included).

Poor Quality Disposable Tableware Equals to Invisible Killer

Low-cost and Low-quality Disposable Tableware Seriously Harm Human Health

The fast-paced lifestyle makes disposable tableware with convenient features enter our lives. In recent years, the use of disposable tableware has been growing by geometric figures. An increasing number of migrant workers, white-collar workers, the students are accustomed to resolve eating problems in fast food restaurants. Disposable snack containers, disposable chopsticks, disposable cups ... you will use the disposable tableware almost eating at a fast food restaurant. You may think the tableware convenient, and even feel more "clean and sanitary". But the fact is that the most disposable tableware we use belongs to low-cost low-quality products, often containing industrial calcium carbonate, heavy metals, toxic substances, paraffin, benzene, fluorescent, etc, which seriously harm human health.

The Disposable Tableware in the Market Still Have Serious Safety and Quality Issues

In June this year, the country announced the recommended provision of disposable cups, paper bowls, paper lunch boxes, the disposable cups, the standard stipulates that paper bowls, paper lunch boxes cannot artificially ad fluorescent agent and you should not use recycled materials. However, the new standard does not require the food and beverage industry to enforce. So, the disposable tableware on sale and in use in the market still exist serious safety and quality issues. These disposable lunch boxes, plates, dishes, chopsticks, straws made of chemical raw materials mostly have "three no" packaging, no site manufacturers or the production date. The experts say that if long-term use of the disposable tableware, the toxic substances in the material will be oozing in the event of high temperature, high oil, acetic acid (vinegar), or even directly transfer to the food.

A Lot of Disposable Tableware is Added With Industrial Raw Materials

Li Zhiping, the chief from Guangzhou Food and Drug Administration regulatory branch of food service inspection pointed out that from raw material point of view, a lot of disposable tableware are added a large amount of calcium carbonate, industrial paraffin, recycling waste in the production process, the product evaporation residue (positive Balkoxy, acetic acid) is seriously overweight. Meanwhile, in the production process, it does not meet health standards. CCTV recently exposed that several shady production of disposable tableware: a factory starts to acquire low-cost or even pick-up the disposable chopsticks have been used from garbage for processing. First casually rinse sodium hydroxide fumigation in the pool to eliminate moldy, then soaked in industrial hydrogen peroxide to bleach, then remove and polished after drying and bagging, then the new disposable chopsticks are "born". Other manufacturers recycle workshop scrap, drink bottles, even after playing bottle infusion tube in order to save costs and then made into disposable plastic cups and bowls.

Disposable Tableware May Become An "Invisible Killer"

When using these disposable tableware, especially use them to install hot foods, the containing harmful substances will precipitate, attached to the food. If people eat this food, it may cause liver and kidney damage, and even cause cancer. This kind of disposable tableware will undoubtedly become an "invisible killer". Professor Wu Qitang, Resources and Environment College of South China Agricultural University, said that the disposable tableware is indeed convenient, but it is also an indisputable fact health is not up to the standard, waste of forest resources and environmental pollution. So, from the point of environmental protection, health, we should reduce or avoid the use of disposable tableware.

www.biodegradabletableware.com.cn is one of the biggest disposable tableware manufacturer in China, which is speclialized in research, development, production and marketing of eco-friendly paper tableware and packing materials.

Eco Friendly Tableware Dominates the Market

Pater Tableware Needs to Cross the "5 Cents Threshold"

The development of environmental protection tableware production industry also faces many problems, but the support of relevant policies, worth looking forward to the future market prospects. For the high cost of environmental protection tableware, was the image of the foam plastic tableware cheaper than environmental tableware, 0.5 RMB called "environmental tableware encounter threshold of 5 cents. Paper tableware wants to reduce cost, and there is a certain degree of difficulty. Foam tableware uses fewer raw materials, and environmental protection tableware uses more "material." For example, the market price of one ton of foam plastic dinnerware is 8,000 RMB, while the price of 1 ton of raw materials of biodegradable dinnerware is 7,000 RMB, but a foam tableware raw material weight is 5 grams, and the biodegradable tableware is 15 grams. Plastic foam tableware production technology has matured, the costs can be controlled. Production of environmentally friendly tableware is still under development, all sectors of production and efficiency is not high, naturally lead to the costs do not fall down.

Methods to Reduce Cost of Disposable Tableware

To further reduce the cost of production of disposable tableware, we can have multifaceted explorations. We can rely on a new recipe, to find a lower cost of raw materials to improve processing; the new design of the mold; expand the production scale. But no matter in what way, and only when the market price of the environmental protection tableware is equal to twice the price of raw materials enterprises to make a buck. This is a clear need for policy support. Shenling eco friendly paper tableware works out so one way: the research and development of new formulations and looking for a lower cost of raw material, and improve the production process, relying on the progress of production technology, continuously improve product quality while reducing production costs, aiming to build China's largest disposable environmentally friendly tableware enterprise and enter into the world market.

QS System Raises Threshold for Paper Tableware

At present, the situation is in the right direction. The QS audit work has been carried out for a year, food plastic packaging, containers, tools and other products production license review of the rules was released in July 2006 in accordance with the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine requirements of at least 1/3 of the small and medium-sized companies will certainly be eliminated. Our food with plastic products QS audit from September 2006 by the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine was officially launched. And in accordance with the requirements of the rules, the production of food, plastic products business should have good ventilation, disinfection , dust and other facilities.

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