According to statistics, at present, the world’s annual plastic waste is 15 million tons, and China’s annual plastic waste is more than 1 million tons. The proportion of waste plastic in the waste is 40%. Such a large amount of waste plastic is used as garbage. Buried underground will undoubtedly put more pressure on the arable land that is already lacking. Today the whole world is facing the same problem. Therefore, the market prospects of biodegradable plastic bag products are not limited to the domestic market. The market is so broad that it covers almost every corner of the earth.

Degradable plastic refers to a kind of plastic whose products have various properties that can meet the requirements of use, remain unchanged during the storage period, and can be degraded into environmentally sound substances under natural environmental conditions after use. Therefore, it is also called environmentally degradable plastic. There are many new types of plastics: photode gradable plastics, biodegradable plastics, light, oxidized/biodegradable plastics, carbon dioxide-based biodegradable plastics, and thermoplastic starch resin degradable plastics.

Synthetic polymer materials have been widely used in various fields. However, plastic waste after use has become a public hazard to the environment and society. Some developed countries have successively formulated regulations to restrict or prohibit the use of non-degradable plastics in certain occasions and require the use of degradable plastics. For this reason, governments and the plastics industry in various countries are beginning to formulate powerful measures for the treatment and recycling of waste plastics. At the same time, they attach great importance to the research and development of degradable plastics. With the coordination and support of the government, degradable plastics have become a research in the international plastics industry. Hots pot.

Biodegradable plastic bags have gradually become a development trend. The increase in the price of plastic bags will encourage some people to use cloth bags for shopping. From this perspective, it is beneficial to the protection of the environment. In the next 3-5 years, it will quickly occupy the market and become a substitute for ordinary plastic products. According to industry insiders, the global packaging market’s demand for degradable plastics will reach 9.45 million tons in 2023, with an average annual compound growth rate of 33%. It can be said that the degradable plastic packaging market has great potential for development.

We will accelerate the transformation of green packaging

According to China's national regulations, by the end of 2020, non-degradable disposable plastic straws will be banned nationwide in the catering industry. This provision is called the "prohibition order" in the industry.

Notice from multiple departments on accelerating the green transformation of express packaging. It is required to strengthen the treatment of plastic pollution in the express delivery field, promote the phasing out of the use of non-degradable plastic packaging bags and disposable plastic woven bags in key areas, and reduce the use of non-degradable plastic tapes. Promote the national express delivery business to achieve full coverage of electronic waybills, and greatly increase the application proportion of circulating transit bags (boxes), standardized pallets, and container units.

The person concerned believes that the areas that are expected to be the first to develop biodegradable plastics are express packaging, disposable plastic tableware, plastic shopping bags and agricultural mulch. It is estimated that by 2025, the demand for biodegradable plastics in the above four sectors will reach 1 million tons, 700,000 tons, 500,000 tons and 300,000 tons, respectively, forming a market scale of about 2.5 million tons and 50 billion yuan in total.

Biodegradable plastic bags, in accordance with the standards stipulate that plastic bags can be biodegraded under certain conditions, such as an environment with a temperature of 70 degrees and sufficient CO2. Therefore, when biodegradable plastic bags enter the ocean and other non-standard environments, they will reduce the biodegradability of plastic bags. Therefore, when choosing a suitable biodegradable plastic bag, you should also treat the bag after use under suitable environmental requirements.