What can save you? Food and drink takeaway plastic waste

The rapid growth of the online food delivery industry has facilitated people's lives, but the plastic lunch boxes for food delivery go straight to the garbage dump, bringing hidden dangers to the environment. According to data published on the official website of Meituan Waimai, the current daily order volume of Meituan reaches 12 million. If each order consumes at least 1 plastic bag and 1 plastic lunch box, at least 24 million plastic products are consumed every day. , Straws, spoons and other plastic products have not been included. According to this consumption method, at least 200 million takeaways are flying across the streets and alleys of the country every week. This also means that at least 200 million disposable packaging boxes and 200 million plastic bags are produced, and 200 million disposable tableware is discarded.

Take-out garbage mainly includes plastic or foamed lunch boxes, plastic bags, and disposable chopsticks. The packaging boxes and bags used in these takeaways are mostly disposable plastic products, which basically cannot be reused. The average use time of these plastic bags and disposable lunch boxes is less than one hour. Since most of the discarded lunch boxes have not been cleaned, and many still have food residues, it is not easy to recycle the lunch boxes. The recycling price of take-out lunch boxes is usually two or three cents per kilogram, and 50 lunch boxes can be sold for less than 50 cents. In addition to the cost of cleaning up the lunch boxes, there is basically no profit. Don’t wait to see recycling sites, take-out lunch boxes can only be thrown out together with other garbage. Plastic waste cannot be recycled through clean channels, and eventually can only be transformed into white pollution, destroying the ecological environment.

It will take at least 470 years for every plastic bag to completely degrade, and about 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year. China is the world's largest user of plastics, and the amount of plastic dumped ranks first in the world, accounting for about 1/3. According to the daily increase of 30 million, the use and dumping of plastic bags in China will continue to grow substantially. The plastic garbage in the ocean cannot be decomposed and purified by itself, and eventually flows back into our food chain invisibly. Scientists call this substance 'plastic particles'. l On October 29, 2015, the authoritative American popular science magazine 'Scientific American' released a survey report on Chinese salt. The report shows that among the 15 brands of ordinary table salt purchased from all over China, polyethylene phthalate, glycol ester, polyethylene, cellophane and various other plastics used in the production of plastic bottles have been found. Sea salt is most contaminated by plastic. There are more than 1,200 plastic particles per pound (453g). Although the plastic particles of salt mine table salt are relatively low, they are as high as 800 particles.

Aluminum foil lunch box food takeaway plastic waste terminator

How to solve the problem of plastic waste for food and beverage delivery has become a difficult problem for the Chinese people. Is it to develop and produce biodegradable plastic lunch boxes or replace plastic lunch boxes with other products? Mingtai Aluminum gives a possibility Solution: Replace plastic lunch boxes with aluminum foil lunch boxes. Why can aluminum foil lunch boxes be used instead of plastic lunch boxes? Mingtai Aluminum gives the following reasons:

First, recyclable, low pollution

Aluminum has extremely high recyclability and reproducibility, can be recycled indefinitely, has limited quality loss, and can maintain its original characteristics. Recycled aluminum can be used to produce many finished products. The energy required for the regeneration process of aluminum foil is only less than 5% of the energy required for the production of primary aluminum, and the greenhouse gas emissions are 95% less than that of primary aluminum. The aluminum foil lunch box can be easily compressed after use, easy to sort, thereby reducing the amount of garbage.

Second, food grade, more assured

The foamed lunch box is made of polystyrene raw materials. The softening point of the polystyrene raw materials is between 87°C and 97°C. In a high temperature environment, harmful substances will be released, which will affect human health. Aluminum foil utensils can withstand temperature changes well, and the molecular structure is stable and does not change at high and low temperatures from -20°C to 250°C. Its use temperature can range from rapid freezing to extreme baking and grilling. During this period, the aluminum foil will not be deformed, cracked, melted or burnt, and will not produce harmful substances.

Third, strong freshness locking function

Although aluminum foil is very thin, it has strong barrier properties. It can completely block light, gas and other substances, improve freshness and protect moisture, and prevent the leakage or mixing of flavors, which can effectively maintain the original flavor and characteristics of the product.

Fourth, highlight the taste, high! big! up!

Aluminum foil has a bright metallic luster and is compatible with all printing technologies. Therefore, designers can give full play to their imagination and design unique patterns and brand logos. Manufacturers of aluminum foil products can perform color printing, surface coating, embossing, embossing, and coding on aluminum foil lunch boxes and containers according to the needs of food processing companies and catering companies to highlight the differences and aesthetics of their products. Enhancing the brand image and corporate image is also conducive to consumers and distribution companies in product traceability. Consumers can also have a good consumption experience in the process of consumption.

Fifth, high quality and low price, super cost-effective

With the technological advancement of the aluminum processing industry and the improvement of production efficiency, the production cost of aluminum and aluminum foil has gradually decreased. The cost of aluminum lunch boxes has been close to that of qualified polypropylene (PP) plastic lunch boxes, and the cost-effective advantage has become more and more obvious. At the same time, with the progress of society, consumers have gradually established green consumption concepts and consumption habits, food safety awareness, health and hygiene awareness, environmental and ecological awareness, and consumption capacity have continued to increase, and the application of aluminum foil lunch boxes and containers will become higher and higher.