In this fast-pieced era, I believe many people like coffee, after drinking coffee, do you put your paper coffee cups into the recyclable or non-recyclable trash? There seems to be no standard answer to this question, because disposable paper cups are a “big family”.
Nowadays, many industries are pursuing sustainable green packaging, but designing sustainable packaging seems to be more than just using environmentally friendly and recycled materials, but also having the ability to generate public interest.
In recent years, with the increasing environmental awareness of our countrymen and the pioneering awareness of various enterprises, biodegradable paper cups are gradually appearing in coffee shops. A previous news about the use of biodegradable paper cups, making its suppliers listed in the major platforms dominated the news focus.
The biodegradable paper cups used by the popular coffee shops are generally biodegradable materials such as polylactic acid (PLA, poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA, polyvinyl alcohol （PVA）. Biodegradable materials include photodegradable materials, environmentally degradable materials, and widely used biodegradable materials. PLA composite film with pulp molding production process, using natural sugar cane, wheat straw and other raw materials for mechanical fiber extraction made of fully biodegradable paper cups, after use can be recycled, after a period of time in the natural environment can be decomposed into carbon dioxide and water, to achieve green safety and pollution-free. It is an environmentally friendly disposable tableware with high practicality.
