What happened to the dispute between paper and plastic?

Once upon a time, we were still amazed by the advent of disposable plastic products, but now when the white pollution caused by disposable plastic products emerges, people just revisit it as if they were awake and set it as a successor The third largest public hazard after air pollution and water pollution. u White pollution is becoming increasingly serious In recent years, disposable household items, especially disposable plastic tableware and merchandise packaging, have developed rapidly. According to statistics, the sales volume of various types of disposable tableware in China's market is nearly 10 billion per year, and the number of trays for other vegetables and fruits, and the lining of home appliances and machinery are countless. Disposable articles of daily use bring great convenience to people's daily life, but hidden under the convenience are all kinds of hazards. Taking disposable plastic tableware as an example, there are oil-soluble substances in plastic raw materials that are unfavorable to human health. When people use such utensils to eat, these oil-soluble substances will enter the human body along with food, thereby damaging human health.
Not only that, the white pollution caused by the large-scale disposal of disposable plastic products has also seriously polluted the social environment, abandoned it in the water, will cause the water quality to deteriorate, and buried in the soil will reduce the soil fertility; if livestock, birds The food will also cause secondary pollution to humans. The “white long dragons” that are common in people's traffic trunks, tourist attractions, and urban streets are the “tree-hung scenery”.
At the same time, due to the non-degradability of plastics, the process of digestion in the natural environment is as long as 200 years, which poses a huge problem for recycling. According to related data, the processing cost of one ton of plastic waste is more than 10 times of its output value. A large part of the environmental sanitation expenses of various places is used for the treatment of plastic waste, which increases the financial burden of the government and causes profits to be drawn by the enterprise and losses. The country bears the phenomenon of "cost outsourcing".
With the increasing exposure of the drawbacks of disposable plastic products, the righteous voice to eliminate white pollution is increasing. However, white pollution is getting worse. How can the promotion of paper mold be hindered by the spread of white pollution due to price constraints? People have turned their eyes to paper products.
The systematic research and development of China's paper-touch products began in the middle and late 1980s, and was turned into the commodity production stage in the early 1990s. China's self-developed disposable paper-molded restaurant county meets relevant requirements in terms of strength, oil resistance, water resistance, heat resistance, non-toxicity, and tastelessness, and meets national health standards.
Paper molding products are made from reed, wheat straw, bagasse, and other green plant fiber pulps, which are shaped by high temperature adsorption. The product is white and beautiful in appearance and feels good. After use, it can be recycled and used. Discarding can naturally degrade and fundamentally eliminate "white pollution". Due to the lack of pulping process, the production of paper molded products can be reused for water, and the energy consumption is electricity. Basically no emission of "three wastes" has become one of the effective ways to prevent "white pollution" and its development prospects are very promising. According to the person in charge of the relevant department, paper molded products can be used not only for packaging of eggs, fruits and vegetables, beverages, porcelain, glass, etc., but also for the lining of mechanical and electrical products and household appliances. Bring a good opportunity for development. However, at present, the output of paper-molded products in China is less than 30% of the market demand, and it has not been able to be fully implemented throughout the country. According to statistics, in the fast food market, about 80% of the market is still occupied by disposable foam plastic tableware. In other packaging products, the use of paper molded products accounts for only about 2%. Many paper mold products of enterprises still have a backlog in the warehouse. The precipitation of a large amount of liquid funds has made it difficult for many enterprises to continue their normal production. Some paper mold industries have not been able to embark on the path of virtuous circles.
What is the reason for this situation? High production costs and high selling prices are the main reasons why it is difficult to promote. For example, the production cost of each paper tableware is 0.30 yuan, the sales price is 0.40 yuan, and the production cost of each foam plastic tableware is only 0.10 yuan, and the sales price is 0.15 yuan. The disadvantage of the price plus the influence of people's buying habits, consumers often choose disposable plastic foam tableware, and the health, hygiene of paper mold become cold eyes. Another reason is that the paper mold industry is a new industry. Most paper mold manufacturing companies are only in a state of low profit or flat. It is very difficult to expand and reproduce, which limits the scale of production and the production cost remains high, leading to production and management. The vicious circle.
However, according to the law of sustainable development of the industry, the price of paper-molded tableware and foam-plastic tableware is quite comparable to that of the same period. In addition, the cost price of additives, raw materials, tailings, etc. are constantly declining. It is believed that the price of paper-molded tableware will be given to the general public. A satisfying answer for consumers.
It seems that the long-standing dispute over paper and plastic is not only a war of performance but also a price war. In order to occupy absolute advantages in the market, expand the scale of production and reduce production costs, paper-molded products are fundamentally feasible measures. u When paper-based plastics need to support "paper-plastic wars" when it is closed? Who will be the final winner of this "war"?
In April 1994, China began to implement the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Wastes," and put the control of solid waste pollution into the legal orbit. More than 30 cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Harbin and Xiamen have successively issued bans on the use of foamed plastics. Provisions for tableware; The Ministry of Railways imposed emergency measures prohibiting the use of foamed plastic lunch boxes along the railway line in July 1996; in July 1998, Vice Premier Wen Jiabao made an important directive on white pollution: "Stop using disposable foam plastics. Tableware, as soon as possible to develop and mass production of alternatives ", the same year in October, the State Environmental Protection Administration formulated the "control white pollution, the gradual elimination of disposable foam plastic tableware" program, and the assessment of the advantages of paper molded tableware the greatest; February 1999 The State Economic and Trade Commission issued the sixth order and announced the elimination of disposable foam plastic tableware before the end of 2000.
The emergence of opportunities merely provides a possibility for the continuous development of the paper mold industry. In order to turn this possibility into a successful reality, the paper mold enterprises themselves have also made arduous efforts and unremitting efforts in the composition of raw materials, synthesis The active exploration of process and paper mold performance, continuous improvement of technical equipment, and greatly reduced production costs. Representative is the ZMS-II paper cutting tableware production line developed and researched by Beijing Manning Electronics Co., Ltd., which is superior to other similar foreign models in technical perfection, process operation, price-performance ratio, and automation degree, and in 1997. In November of the year, it passed the appraisal hosted by the China Food Packaging Machinery Industry Association.
However, by the end of 2000, the paper mold industry would have to shoulder the historical responsibility for the replacement of fast food in the country and become the main force in the environmental protection green technology industry. Just as Ms. Xu Liyan, Secretary-General of the Paper Mold Machinery and Products Branch of China Food Packaging Machinery Industry Association, said: “It is also necessary for the state to give support in all aspects, and companies and individuals should give an understanding of prices...”