The prosperity of the catering industry, especially the fast food industry, has provided a huge market demand for disposable plastic tableware products, which has attracted the keen attention of many investors. More and more tableware companies have joined the market game, and policy changes will inevitably affect the changes in the way they obtain benefits.

Prompted by the slogan of "replacing plastic with paper" by the Ministry of Railways, a large number of enterprises have invested in pulp molding tableware projects since 1996. During the peak period, there were hundreds of enterprises producing pulp-molded disposable tableware across the country. However, due to the fact that pulp molded tableware is prone to problems in hygiene and performance, technical difficulties are high, companies cut corners for competition, product qualification rate is low, and promotion is difficult, so that a considerable number of companies "fall into the pit" and cannot climb out. It is understood that after several years of market testing, 90% of the pulp molding tableware enterprises are in a semi-shutdown state, not only without much profit, but also difficult to recover the cost.

Several other products allowed by the "General Technical Conditions for Disposable Degradable Tableware" are not optimistic. Although the performance of cardboard coating type and light-biodegradable plastic type is relatively stable, the market demand is limited; the technology of edible powder moulding type and plant fiber moulding type is difficult to pass, and the market promotion is difficult. Enterprises producing such alternative products The "tuition fee" paid is even more heartbreaking.

At present, the products that still maintain a certain vitality should be "non-foaming, non-degradable but easy to recycle tableware". Since unscrupulous companies are also optimistic about such products, counterfeit products are proliferating. Genuine products are neglected because of their high prices, and regular manufacturers cannot sell their products, so they can only endure losses day by day without making profits.

The price of products that meet the standard requirements is about twice as high as that of products that do not meet the standard requirements. Taking a 450ml non-foamed plastic fast food box as an example, the price of products that meet the hygienic requirements should be more than 0.15 yuan. The price of plastic tableware that meets the requirements of sanitation and photobiodegradation should be above 0.17 yuan (if it is pulp tableware of the same specification, the price should be above 0.25 yuan), and the price of unqualified tableware of the same specification At around 0.08 yuan, it brings certain difficulties to the promotion and application of qualified products.

According to the survey, in order to cater to the market, many products cut corners, causing the negative impact of consumer dissatisfaction with the performance of alternatives. According to the random inspection of the railway, almost 100% of the pulp moulded tableware used on the railway does not meet the hygienic requirements, and the phenomenon of oil seepage, water seepage, deformation and sticking of rice is serious. "It is soft to the touch, powder will fall off when you rub it, it will break when you tear it, and it will be pungent and dazzling when you smell it." This is the description of low-quality paper tableware by relevant experts.

In addition, many non-foamed plastic tableware labeled as "environmentally friendly tableware", "degradable tableware" or "urban environmental protection" are currently used in large quantities in the Northeast and most of the North (including Beijing), and without strengthened management, it may spread to all over the country. Because the product contains a large amount of inorganic mineral fillers such as talc or calcium carbonate, the acetic acid residue is seriously exceeding the standard (the national standard is below 30PPM, and the test result of this type of product according to the State Bureau of Technical Supervision is 384PPM, which exceeds the standard by nearly 13 times). Excessive acetic acid residues prove that such products will have a certain impact on human health, such as causing gallstones and other diseases, and the coupling agents such as titanates attached to the surface of inorganic minerals contain toxic heavy metals, which will cause more serious harm to the human body .