Degradable disposable Development and prospect opportunities

At present, the main substitutes for disposable non-degradable plastic products are: degradable plastic products, paper products, cloth products, bamboo products, wood products, etc.
The upstream substitutes of disposable non-degradable plastic products are mainly raw materials, including cloth, non-woven fabric, paper, bamboo, wood, plant straw, starch, PLA, PHA, PBS/PBSA, PBAT, etc. Midstream is a substitute for disposable non-degradable plastic products, mainly including disposable tableware, shopping bags, packaging bags, hotel and hotel disposable products, agricultural films, etc. made of degradable plastic, cloth, paper, bamboo, wood and other materials. The downstream is mainly used in food delivery, packaging, retail, agriculture and other industries.
The plastic products industry is developing rapidly, and the products are constantly enriched, which are widely used in all aspects of life. The demand for plastic products is large. The "plastic restriction and banning" of various countries in the world will promote the development of the disposable non-degradable plastic substitute industry, and the market prospect of the disposable non-degradable plastic substitute industry is bright.

Disposable lunch box
The market for disposable lunch boxes is in great demand. Take China as an example. In recent years, China's catering industry has boomed, and the demand for disposable lunch boxes in the catering market has risen rapidly. According to the data, if one disposable lunch box is consumed for every 15 yuan, 19.8 billion disposable lunch boxes will be consumed in 2017, and the consumption of disposable lunch boxes in 2019 will exceed 40 billion. It is predicted that the consumption of disposable lunch boxes in 2020 will reach 45 billion. Taking into account the strong growth in the amount of take-out orders, the booming economy of the stalls, the huge demand for disposable tableware, and the great market potential for disposable meal box substitutes.
With the continuous penetration of Internet technology, traditional businesses in the catering service field are actively transforming, the takeaway category continues to expand, the quality continues to improve, the delivery service continues to optimize, the consumer experience is getting better and better, the online takeaway market is developing rapidly, and it has become more and more in the catering industry. Important new formats. However, takeaways produce a large amount of discarded tableware, which puts a lot of pressure on the environment. With the implementation of "plastic limit and ban" in various countries, the market space for disposable non-degradable tableware substitutes will expand at a high speed.

Package
Plastic packaging has become a new force in the packaging industry by virtue of its advantages such as light weight, good durability, strong plasticity, and low price. According to GrandViewResearch, the global plastic packaging market in 2017 was US$19.98 billion, and the market size is expected to reach US$269.65 billion by 2025; the size of China’s plastic packaging market in 2017 was US$49.64 billion, and the market size is expected to approach 700 by 2025. One hundred million U.S. dollars. As a substitute for degradable packaging film (bag), it has a broad market space, but its popularization still needs enough time and mature technical conditions.

Agriculture
Plastic film is widely used in various planting fields, and is used in flower storage, vegetables, gardening, fruits, food crops, etc. Traditional agricultural plastic mulch materials are mainly polyethylene (PE) film, but PE film is difficult to degrade under natural environmental conditions, coupled with the lack of effective treatment measures, waste mulch film is increasing in farmland soil year by year, and pollution continues to increase. The main hazard is that the residual film hinders the penetration of soil water and reduces soil permeability; the residual film directly contacts the root system, hindering the extension of the root system, affecting crop growth, and causing crop yield reduction. Degradable film can treat agricultural film pollution from the source and is the dominant development direction in the future. Degradable plastics are also expected to usher in breakthrough progress in the field of mulch film.