3.5 million tons of plastic waste is difficult to recycle

In recent years, the annual amount of packaging plastics in China has exceeded 4 million tons. According to the forecast of related departments, in 2005, the demand for plastic packaging materials in China will reach 5 million tons. According to 30% of them, disposable plastic packaging materials and products that are difficult to recycle, the amount of waste generated will reach 1.5 million tons; China can cover plastic film. With an area of ​​500 million mu, the estimated demand for nursery stocks and agricultural and sideline products is expected to reach 1 million tons. Some of the disposable household sundries and medical materials are also plastics that are difficult to recycle or are not suitable for recycling. Up to 1 million tons. In this way, the waste of plastics that are difficult to recycle will reach 3.5 million tons, and the resulting environmental problems will become increasingly serious. If 50% of them are replaced with biodegradable plastics, the demand for biodegradable plastics will reach 1.75 million tons. Therefore, biodegradable plastics have a large market potential in China.

Nowadays, developed countries such as the United States, Japan, and Germany are vigorously developing degradable plastics, which are decomposed by microorganisms in the soil after being discarded and turned into substances that are harmless to the natural environment and the human body.

Today, the most used degradable plastics are traditional plastic products such as packaging and disposable products. Also worthy of the development of the market is a variety of daily necessities, stationery, toys, civil engineering supplies and medical plastic products. Therefore, the development of biodegradable plastic packaging materials and products is a future trend and a good opportunity.