Compared with the original standard, the name of the new standard is changed from General Technical Requirements for Disposable Degradable Tableware to General Technical Requirements for Disposable Plastic Tableware. The standard range is changed from disposable degradable tableware to plastic disposable tableware. This standard does not apply to disposable tableware made of non-thermoplastic materials such as disposable paper tableware, paper cups, wooden chopsticks and bamboo chopsticks; At the same time, the new standard revised the classification method, revised the technical requirements for raw materials, added odor to sensory indicators, defined the scope of application and the number of samples to be tested, increased the requirements for starch content of starch-based plastic disposable tableware, made it clear that the starch content should not be less than 40%, increased the performance of microwave ovens and the detection methods for marking disposable tableware that can be used in microwave ovens, supplemented the new requirements for hygiene and physical indicators of starch-based plastic disposable tableware and other disposable tableware, and revised the inspection procedures and degradation performance. The requirements and inspection methods of degradation performance have also been changed from the original standard GB/T 18006.2- 1999 "Test method for degradation performance of disposable degradable tableware" to GB/T 20 197-2008 "Definition, classification, marking and degradation performance requirements of degradable plastics".

According to the characteristics of starch-based materials, the hygienic physical and chemical indexes and inspection methods of starch-based plastic disposable tableware are adjusted in the new standard. In the original standard, the index of evaporation residue (4% acetic acid) is less than or equal to 30 mg/L, and the index of evaporation residue (n-hexane) is less than or equal to 60 mg/L. ..