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In winter, come to a cup of hot milk tea and drink a lot of small ingredients in one go.
This is a little consolation from the cold winter
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There is only one week left for the red line of the "ban" of plastic straws!
There is only one week left for the red line of the "ban" of plastic straws!According to the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution" jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment at the beginning of this year, by the end of 2020, the catering industry nationwide will ban the use of non-degradable disposable plastic straws
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According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the cumulative output of plastic products nationwide in 2019 was 81.
84 million tons, including nearly 30,000 tons of plastic straws, or about 46 billion
.
In July, nine departments including the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Notice on Solidly Promoting Plastic Pollution Control"
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Some restaurants across the country have been replaced and have been criticized!
Some restaurants across the country have been replaced and have been criticized!Many restaurant chain brands and existing tea shops have taken the lead in putting forward corresponding measures
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As early as 2018, Starbucks announced that it would no longer provide plastic straws, and gradually replaced the lids of beverages with "duck-billed lids"; HEYTEA and Tsinghua University have cooperated with Tsinghua University to limit plastics and have been in stores nationwide since June 2019.
The implementation of paper straws has begun.
As of June 2020, stores nationwide have reduced the use of plastic straws by more than 11 million; Nai Xue’s tea has also reduced the frequency of plastic straws, and a large number of paper straws have been consumed; McDonald’s China is giving up plastic straws.
, is also gradually promoting paper packaging.
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As far as habits are concerned, some large chain catering companies have begun to take action, and most of the alternative products are paper straws
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The environmentally friendly plastic bags and straws of Naiyuki's tea have been replaced.
The left side is a PLA plastic bag, and the right side is a normal plastic bag
The first to feel the change is naturally the young consumers who are keen on tea and coffee
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Many consumers said that they were not very clear about the ban on the use of plastic straws, but if there were good alternatives, they could accept it
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Some consumers even indicated on the remarks of the takeaway order, "I don't want paper straws, give me plastic straws, and refund me if I don't
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Alternatives are 3 to 5 times the price of plastic straws
Alternatives are 3 to 5 times the price of plastic strawsIt is understood that the main alternative products of non-degradable disposable plastic straws include degradable straws made of polylactic acid (PLA), paper and other materials, and recyclable straws made of bamboo, wood, stainless steel and other materials
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PLA is processed from raw materials extracted from renewable plant resources, and is a new type of biodegradable material
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Although degradable or recyclable straws have become the trend of the industry market in the next stage, compared with the low price advantage of traditional disposable plastic straws, it is still difficult for alternative products to enter the mainstream market
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One of the main reasons is that the cost performance of alternative products is still relatively low
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It is understood that a plastic straw is about 0.
01 yuan, a paper straw is about 0.
03 yuan, and a PLA straw is about 0.
05 yuan
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According to the survey, an important reason for the high cost of degradable products is that the supporting industry chain is not perfect
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Xu Xing, a first-level inspector of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said that because the alternative products are still in the early stage of industrial development and the scale of the industry is not very large, the cost of research and development, equipment and other links is now relatively high
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Under the environmental protection order, the price of PLA has risen
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From 18,000-19,000/ton at the beginning of 2018, it has risen to 30,000/ton.
At present, it is almost 40,000/ton
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Many manufacturers believe that although policy adjustment is a new development opportunity for production enterprises, in the process of transformation, the incomplete development of the industrial chain is an embarrassing situation that enterprises generally face
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Under the global trend of "plastic reduction", the "strictest plastic limit order" will surely spread to the entire industry
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"Paper straws" will be a breakthrough for the "environmental protection and plastic reduction" of the big beverage industry in the future.
Fortunately, many pioneers have provided innovation experience and consumer education.
Naturally, we also expect low-cost, healthier and easily degradable products.
the emergence of other alternatives
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