June 1, GB/T 41010-2021 "Biodegradable plastics and products degradation performance and labeling requirements" and GB/T 41008-2021 "Biodegradable drinking straws" two national standards in the field of degradable plastics will be formally implemented by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Administration.

GB/T 41008-2021 "Biodegradable drinking straws" as the implementation of biodegradable products standards, the whole biodegradable drinking straws industry in product production, design, material selection, marketing and other aspects play a guiding role, the product has production standards according to standardized production, to ensure product quality has important significance.

The formulation of the standard is not only conducive to guiding the processing and production of standardized straws, the use of sales and application, but also directly drive the market demand for biodegradable materials.

In 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the Opinions on Further Strengthening the control of Plastic Pollution.

Then the beverage industry has responded to the national "straw ban plastic order", replaced with paper straws, PLA (biodegradable) straws. Because the cost is relatively low, many brands began to use paper straws.

However, there are many drawbacks with the use of paper straws, including not stiff enough, the section can not be pierced and sealed, the foam is soft, the strip is spread out, and the entrance is awkward.

In March 2021, Zhejiang Provincial Consumer Protection Commission conducted a spot check that exposed paper straws may have potassium permanganate exceeding the standard, which means that paper straws not only have poor experience, but also cause harm to the human body. This will undoubtedly form a major blow to the industry, and the paper straw market has turned sharply downward.

At the same time, the high temperature resistance of PLA straws continues to improve, the use experience is improved, the production capacity is stable, the price is reduced and other comprehensive reasons. At present, mainstream beverage manufacturers basically use PLA straws. Taking a city in East China as an example, only one of the major local chain drinks uses paper straws, while the others are all PLA degradable straws.

Statistics, in 2020, China's straw sales total 47 billion, the above "opinions" in the current tea industry implementation is better, in 2022, China's current tea consumption is expected to reach 15 billion cups, according to the calculation of 2.5g-3g per straw, driving 40,000 tons of biodegradable materials demand, In the future, non-degradable straws are all replaced, which will drive the demand for more than 100,000 tons of biodegradable materials.

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