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Empowered by environmentally friendly materials: the essential advantages of bio-friendly water cup

Although traditional plastic products are widely used in the field of daily beverages due to their low cost, fast molding and stable performance, their "difficult to degrade" nature brings serious environmental risks. According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme, more than 300 million tons of plastic waste are generated worldwide each year, most of which are difficult to recycle or enter the natural degradation process, and eventually remain in the ocean, soil, water bodies and even the food chain, becoming an invisible "killer" threatening ecological security and human health.
The birth of the bio-friendly water cup is a direct response to this problem. Its core materials include:
Polybutylene adipate/terephthalate is a highly flexible and degradable aliphatic-aromatic copolyester that can be completely degraded within 180 days under soil or composting conditions and is widely used in flexible packaging and injection molding products. Polylactic acid is fermented from natural renewable resources such as corn and wheat. It is a hard and highly transparent material with mechanical properties close to PS (polystyrene), but the degradation process is more environmentally friendly. Modified starch is a natural starch component modified by physical or chemical methods to give it good moldability and strength. It is one of the low-cost components in bio-based materials.
In terms of structural performance, modern biomaterial technology has achieved multiple performance improvements of materials through means such as "blending modification", "compound enhancement" and "catalytic control of degradation rate":
High temperature resistance: The product can still maintain structural stability in hot water above 80°C, without softening or releasing harmful ingredients, and is suitable for hot tea, coffee and other high-temperature beverages.
Impact and crack resistance: The cup body is not easily damaged by falling or squeezing, which meets the needs of daily carrying and sports use.
Good airtightness and closure: The lid is tightly designed, with food-grade sealing rings or one-piece molding technology to effectively prevent leakage and overflow.
Food contact safety: It does not contain harmful chemicals such as BPA and phthalates plasticizers to ensure healthy drinking water.
Biological environmentally friendly water cups are also constantly breaking through traditional limitations in design and visual aesthetics:
The cup body can achieve a variety of surface treatment effects such as flexible color matching, natural matte, frosted transparency, and granular texture;
The cup body is easy to customize and print for brands, is scratch-resistant and washable, and does not affect the durability of the pattern. It is suitable for use as corporate gifts, event souvenirs and other scenes.
Through technological empowerment, environmentally friendly water cups are no longer "environmentally friendly compromise products", but high-quality products that integrate environmental protection concepts + daily performance + aesthetic value, truly realizing "environmental protection does not mean low configuration".

Multi-scenario adaptation: Wide application of environmentally friendly water cups on the consumer side

The use of environmentally friendly water cups is no longer limited to "temporary replacement" or "specific groups", but is rapidly integrated into the daily consumption of the masses, from office scenes to public institutions, from fitness to travel and leisure, from catering retail to exhibition reception, and comprehensively promotes the green transformation of lifestyles.
1. Office and daily drinking water: infrastructure for low-carbon office
In corporate offices, government agencies, educational institutions and other places, employees have frequent drinking water needs, and traditional disposable cups consume a lot and have a low recycling rate. As a reusable product, environmentally friendly water cups can not only reduce garbage disposal costs, but also serve as an important embodiment of the company's "carbon footprint management" and green office culture. Some large companies have included environmentally friendly cups in employee induction packages and standard configurations of office desks, and spread the brand's green concept through internal printing of logos and laser engraving of slogans.
2. Fitness and sports scenes: a lightweight and durable drinking companion
In gyms, yoga studios, outdoor sports and other places, the drop resistance and portability of water cups are crucial. Environmentally friendly water cups can effectively reduce the risk of damage caused by falling during exercise due to their excellent toughness and lightweight structure. At the same time, they are equipped with humanized designs such as suction nozzles, anti-overflow lids, and lifting ropes to meet the convenience of use in dynamic scenes, making them the first choice for sports people.
3. Tourism and outdoor travel: an important tool for advocating green travel
As a major resource consumer, the green transformation of the tourism industry is being promoted globally. Many hotels, scenic spots, and homestays encourage tourists to bring environmentally friendly water cups to reduce the use of bottled water and disposable cups. Some high-end hotels even provide degradable water cups with brand logos as check-in gifts, which not only enhance users' environmental protection experience, but also enhance customer stickiness and word-of-mouth communication.
4. Catering and chain coffee brands: brand choices that practice environmental protection
Catering take-out drinks are highly dependent on cups. With the implementation of the "plastic restriction order", many chain brands such as Starbucks, Luckin Coffee, and Heytea have launched environmentally friendly packaging pilots. Environmentally friendly water cups can be used as a replacement solution for drinking in the hall or as exclusive gifts for members, which not only responds to policies but also enhances the brand's environmental image. At the same time, the printing space of the cup body advertisement also provides a publicity channel for the brand, achieving the effect of "drinking and conveying the brand".
5. Hotels, aviation and exhibition venues: environmentally friendly standard for concentrated use scenarios
In concentrated drinking scenarios such as hotel rooms, flight catering, exhibition activities, etc., a large amount of garbage generated by traditional plastic cups is difficult to be centrally processed. Environmentally friendly water cups, as disposable or reusable environmentally friendly alternatives, can effectively reduce the back-end processing pressure. Especially in large domestic exhibitions, environmentally friendly water cups have become one of the standard configurations for exhibitors to display green concepts.
From a national perspective, in recent years, my country has proposed promoting the alternative use of degradable plastic products in key areas in policy documents such as the "14th Five-Year Plan" Plastic Pollution Control Action Plan, the "Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law", and the "Dual Carbon" Target Roadmap. As a typical alternative product, the biological environmentally friendly water cup has become one of the green daily necessities that are encouraged to develop under policy guidance.

Taizhou Huangyan Zeyu New Material Technology Co., Ltd.'s R&D Advantages

As fully biodegradable material R&D and manufacturing company, Taizhou Huangyan Zeyu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. has significant advantages in the design and mass production of bio-friendly water cup. The company takes PBAT, PLA, starch-based and other degradable materials as the core, and has established a complete industrial chain covering material formula design, molding process development, product performance testing and terminal application transformation.
Taizhou Huangyan Zeyu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. has formed a set of independently developed compound material systems, which can optimize materials according to the use scenarios of water cups to ensure that the products meet market demand in multiple dimensions such as heat resistance, strength, toughness, and appearance. The company is equipped with multiple high-speed injection molding and hot pressing molding production lines, with an annual output of tens of millions of various environmentally friendly daily necessities, and has strong manufacturing guarantee capabilities.
In terms of quality control, Taizhou Huangyan Zeyu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. has passed the GB/T19001-2016 and ISO9001:2015 quality management system certifications. Its environmentally friendly water cup products strictly implement relevant food-grade material safety standards to ensure that each product meets consumer safety requirements.
The company actively carries out industry-university-research cooperation, and jointly builds a "Green Materials Joint Laboratory" with a number of domestic universities and research institutions, and has achieved many technical results in the structural modification, heat resistance improvement, and degradation rate regulation of degradable polymer materials.