Paper cup, paper bowl and paper lunch box are the most vital green tableware in the 21st century.

Since its inception, paper tableware has been widely promoted and used in Europe, America, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and other developed countries and regions. Paper products have the characteristics of beautiful and generous, environmental protection and health, oil resistance and temperature resistance, and non-toxic and tasteless, good image, good feeling, degradable and pollution-free. As soon as paper tableware entered the market, it was quickly accepted by people with its unique charm. The international fast-food industry and beverage suppliers such as: McDonald’s, KFC, Coca Cola, Pepsi cola and instant noodle manufacturers all use paper tableware.

Twenty years ago, plastic products, known as “white revolution”, brought convenience to human beings, but also produced “white pollution” that is difficult to eliminate today. Because plastic tableware recycling is difficult, incineration produces harmful gases, and can not be naturally degraded, burial will damage the soil structure. Our government spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to deal with it without much success. Developing green environmental protection products and eliminating white pollution has become a major global social problem.

At present, from the international point of view, many countries in Europe and the United States have long banned the use of plastic tableware legislation. From the domestic situation, the ministry of railways, the state environmental protection administration, state development planning commission, the ministry of communications, Ministry of Science and Technology as well as local governments, such as wuhan, hangzhou, nanjing, dalian, xiamen, guangzhou and many other big cities have pioneered a decree, a total ban on the use of disposable plastic tableware, state economic and trade commission (1999) no. 6 also make clear a regulation, at the end of 2000, The use of plastic food and beverage products has been banned nationwide. A global revolution in plastic tableware manufacturing is emerging. Paper instead of plastic “green environmental protection products have become one of the social development trends

In order to adapt to and promote the development of “in paper generation model” activities, on December 28, 1999, the state economic and trade commission jointly with the state bureau of quality and technical supervision, Ministry of Science and Technology and the ministry of health issued “disposable degradable tableware common technical standards” and “disposable degradable performance test method of two national standards, since January 1, 2000. It provides a unified technical basis for the production, sale, use and supervision of disposable degradable tableware in China.

With the rapid development of our country’s economy and people living standard improved steadily, and people’s health consciousness is in constant strengthening, disposable paper cup now has become the necessities of People’s Daily consumption, many economic developed areas experts predicted: paper tableware will quickly catch on around the country in recent three years, and into the family, the market is rapidly growing and expanding.

Plastic tableware end its historical mission is the general trend, paper tableware is becoming a fashion trend. At present, the paper product market has just started, and the market prospect is broad. According to statistics: the consumption of paper food tableware in 1999 was 3 billion, and it reached 4.5 billion in 2000. It is estimated that in the next five years, it will increase by 50% annually. Paper tableware has been widely used in business, aviation, high-end fast food restaurants, cold drink halls, large and medium-sized enterprises, government departments, hotels, families in economically developed areas and other fields, and is rapidly expanding to small and medium-sized cities in the mainland. In China, the world’s most populous country. Its market potential is great, for paper manufacturers to provide a broad space.