Environmental cutlery market gap is larger

On February 2, 1999, the State Economic and Trade Commission issued the sixth order requesting the elimination of foam plastic tableware by the year 2000. However, only a half year has passed since the deadline for the elimination of disposable foam plastic tableware, and this type of tableware is still being heavily used. use. In fact, as early as 1995, some cities across the country issued local regulations that restricted the use of disposable plastic lunch boxes. However, due to the lack of adequate substitutes, it has been difficult to implement them completely. It is understood that the current market in China to sell more than 10 billion kinds of disposable fast food appliances, equivalent to 27 million per day, of which foaming plastics accounted for 80%, accounting for about 10% of paper. On May 1, 1999, Beijing officially began restricting plastic bags and disposable plastic cutlery. At the time, the supply of environmentally-friendly tableware had a 50% gap. At present, China's annual production capacity of only 3 billion is only 30% of the total demand, and the gap is 70%. A fast-food company in Beijing delivered more than 10,000 meals a day, of which only 300 were used for degradable lunch boxes. According to the company's Purchasing Department Manager, the company started to replace disposable plastic bubble-filled lunch boxes in June 1999 and used them in high-end packages. The reason why the replacement work was not fully performed at one time was explained by Manager Yin. It is too costly. They are considering various aspects and seek alternatives that are inexpensive and affordable. What kind of standard can be called "green tableware"? Fujian Yong'an Forestry (Group) Co., Ltd. is the first company to develop disposable green environmental protection tableware. Cai Weimao, general manager, gave an answer to their products: non-toxic, odorless, easy to degrade, and no pollution during production and use. In September 1998, the company cooperated with Fujian Forestry College to develop Yonglin brand disposable wood fiber (pulp molding) green environmental protection tableware of natural wood fiber raw materials, which was the first in China, abandoned in the soil and could be fertile after being degraded. Make fuel and paper materials. In addition, hygiene, resistance to cold and heat, and mechanical strength are indicators of the quality of disposable tableware.