Fully Degradable Plastic Products Manufacturers

Why is fully degradable plastic becoming the mainstream trend of global material development?

With the rapid advancement of concepts such as "carbon neutrality" and "green development" around the world, the demand for environmentally friendly materials is growing, and plastic pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems in contemporary times. Traditional plastics are based on petroleum and have extremely strong stability. They often take hundreds of years to degrade naturally. After use, they enter the land and ocean in large quantities, becoming the main source of "white pollution", which has a profound impact on soil quality, water safety, and even human health.

Against this background, fully degradable plastic came into being. This type of material is completely biodegradable and can be decomposed by microorganisms in natural environments or under specific conditions, and eventually converted into carbon dioxide, water and biomass. It does not produce toxic residues or secondary pollution, and is a truly environmentally friendly plastic. Currently, the most widely used degradable plastic raw materials include: PBAT, PLA, PCL, and starch-based materials. Among them, PBAT has both degradability and good flexibility, and is the preferred material in the fields of plastic bags and agricultural films; PLA comes from renewable resources, such as corn starch, and its environmental protection characteristics are particularly prominent.

Whether from an environmental protection perspective or a policy level, fully degradable plastic is an important direction for the transformation and upgrading of the materials industry. Its penetration rate in packaging, e-commerce logistics, agriculture, medical care and other scenarios will continue to rise, and the market potential is huge.

What core competitiveness does Taizhou Zeyu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. have in the field of fully degradable plastics?

Faced with the growing market demand for fully degradable plastics, Taizhou Zeyu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. has quickly stood out in the industry with its technology accumulation, R&D capabilities and industrial collaboration system.

Zeyu New Materials has established an independent R&D system with full-chain R&D capabilities from raw material formulation to process optimization. In terms of raw materials, the company has developed a variety of fully degradable material composite systems with PBAT, PLA, starch and other cores to meet the needs of different customers for flexibility, rigidity, thermal stability and other properties. Its products cover multiple subcategories such as degradable packaging bags, bio-based shopping bags, agricultural films, disposable gloves, straws, etc.

The company focuses on the integrated cooperation of industry, academia and research, establishes cooperative relations with many domestic universities and scientific research institutions, and continuously promotes the improvement of material performance and the expansion of industrial applications. Relying on this system, the company continues to launch a new generation of low-cost, high-performance, easy-to-process environmentally friendly material solutions, effectively alleviating the current industry's common problems such as "high cost" and "insufficient performance".

In addition, Zeyu New Materials has also actively expanded upstream and downstream industrial chain cooperation, and established long-term and stable strategic cooperative relations with many domestic film blow molding companies to achieve resource sharing and production capacity synergy. At the same time, the company's products have also been exported in batches to many EU countries, fully reflecting its recognition and competitiveness in the international market. Through the "dual-wheel drive" of local technology + international standards, Zeyu New Materials has gradually built its own brand influence and market channels.

In the context of challenges and opportunities, how should fully degradable plastic companies continue to develop healthily?

Although the fully degradable plastic industry has a good development momentum, it is not a "blue ocean market" without challenges. At present, the industry is still facing multiple pressures, the most core of which include high production costs, the balance between degradation performance and use performance, different market standards, and insufficient consumer awareness.

The cost of major raw materials such as PBAT and PLA is 2 to 4 times higher than that of traditional petrochemical plastics. In addition, the high adaptability of equipment and processes required for the processing of degradable materials leads to high overall manufacturing costs. This is a major challenge for start-up companies and price-sensitive markets. Although degradability is the biggest advantage of materials, if the degradation speed is excessively pursued, key properties such as durability and impact resistance may be sacrificed, affecting the actual use experience. Therefore, a dynamic balance between "degradable" and "usable" needs to be achieved during the research and development process.

The world has not yet achieved uniformity in standards and certification for degradable materials. Taking the European Union as an example, its certification of degradable plastics has become more stringent, requiring products to be completely degraded in an industrial composting environment within a specific time. However, some developing countries lack corresponding recycling and composting systems, making it difficult to play the environmental value of degradable plastics even if they are used. When companies expand into international markets, they must face complex certification systems and compliance costs.

Market education is also a major shortcoming. Currently, many consumers are still confused about the concepts of "degradable" and "fully degradable", "bio-based" and "environmentally friendly", and some companies take the opportunity to "greenwash", damaging the industry's reputation. It is also the unshirkable responsibility of companies to improve public awareness and promote the dissemination of true information.