Disposable fast food box demand strong environmental protection, degradable industry development trend

Disposable tableware Disposable fast food box is a kind of appliance made of resin or other thermoplastic materials by high temperature hot melt plastic injection molding technology. Different according to material, disposable fast food box can be divided into PP (polypropylene) fast food box, PS (polystyrene) fast food box, EPS (foamed polystyrene) fast food box and other kinds, among them PP fast food box has heat resistant performance, chemical stability is high, the advantage such as strong corrosion resistance, its application range is more extensive. In recent years, with the gradual improvement of national consumption level and the strong development momentum of takeaway industry, the demand of disposable fast-food box market is constantly released, and the industry scale is gradually expanding.

From the perspective of industry chain, the upstream of disposable fast food box industry chain is the raw material supplier, including PP, PE, EPS and other raw materials;  The middle reaches are all kinds of disposable fast-food box manufacturers;  Downstream is the application layer, which involves takeout and restaurants.  Affected by COVID - 19 outbreak in 2020, China's catering industry a bleak, but as domestic epidemic control, food and beverage industry takes on a steady recovery, the rise of "squatter communities" at the same time, demand for the disposable fast-food containers is rapidly rising, in 2020, China's consumption of disposable lunch boxes around 44.5 billion.  

China is the largest producer of disposable fast food boxes in the world, accounting for 43.6% of the total output of disposable fast food boxes in the world.  In recent years, the improvement of Chinese residents' consumption ability and the continuous growth of catering, takeout and other industries have provided a broad space for the development of disposable fast food box industry. From 2014 to 2019, the market size of disposable fast food box in China increased from 3.56 billion yuan to 9.63 billion yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 21.8%.  

Non-biodegradable single-use plastic straws will be banned in restaurants nationwide by the end of 2020.  Non-degradable disposable plastic tableware is prohibited in catering services in built-up areas and scenic spots of cities at prefecture-level and above.  Along with the increasingly strict environmental protection policy, plastic pollution control will continue to strengthen, the future of our country the disposable fast-food containers will gradually from non-biodegradable plastic materials to environmental protection, biodegradable material transformation, under this background, the biodegradable additives, biodegradable plastics, printed material will gradually used to the disposable fast-food box products.  

With the improvement of the consumption ability of Chinese residents and the continuous growth of the takeout industry, disposable fast-food boxes in China still maintain a strong growth trend, and the industry has a good development prospect in the future.  However, with the increasingly strict environmental protection supervision, as well as the increasing market supervision, China's disposable fast food box will gradually change from plastic materials to environmental materials, the future environmental disposable fast food box market competition advantage is greater.