What the hell is going on here? What are the difficulties in replacing paper straws? The following small series tells you!
1. What is the problem that plastic straws will be banned at the end of the year?
1. In June this year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the Opinions on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution, stipulating that by the end of 2020, the use of non-degradable disposable plastic straws will be banned in the catering industry throughout the country.
2. The deadline of the ban is less than half a year. On June 30th, McDonald's China announced that from now on, nearly 1,000 restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen will take the lead in stopping using plastic straws and fine-tuning the design of direct drinking cups.
3. McDonald's China said that the relevant plastic reduction measures will cover the mainland of China in 2020. It is understood that there are currently more than 3,500 McDonald's restaurants in mainland China, and the annual consumption of plastic straws is about 400 tons.
As the largest coffee chain in the world, Starbucks announced on 20 18 that it would stop using plastic straws around the world this year. Previously, Starbucks used about 200 tons of plastic straws every year in China.
On the take-away platform, many restaurants have added the options of "no plastic straws" and "using paper straws instead of plastic straws" to encourage consumers to reduce the use of plastic straws.
6. The data shows that in 20 19, the cumulative output of plastic products in China was 801840,000 tons, including nearly 30,000 tons of plastic straws, about 46 billion, and the per capita consumption exceeded 30. According to industry experts, the use time of plastic straws is only a few minutes, but the degradation time may be as long as 500 years, so it is difficult to recycle.
2. What's wrong with using paper straws instead of plastic straws?
For customers, there are still differences in the use experience between plastic straws and paper straws, but for enterprises, how to control costs while improving customer experience has become an urgent problem.
It is understood that the average cost of a plastic straw is about 0.03 yuan, and the average cost of a paper straw is about 0. 1 yuan.
Paper straws are not only more expensive, but also the experience needs to be optimized.
However, some insiders and experts said that with the breakthrough and innovation of new materials and technologies, it is not difficult to replace plastic straws with environmental protection.
Liu Jianguo, a professor at Tsinghua University Environmental Research Institute, said that plastic straws can be replaced by biodegradable plastics or recycled products, such as paper or bamboo, plant straws, glass and metal.
Well, that's all that Bian Xiao wants to share with you today. From the above, we can know that it is actually a matter of time before plastic straws are banned at the end of the year. After all, their existence will seriously pollute the environment, and people will do some harm when using them.
If paper straws are used instead of plastic straws, it will be the biggest problem in controlling costs and improving customer experience.