India's Plastic Ban Increases Business Opportunities For Eco-friendly Straws

According to India's Plastic Waste Management Rules 2018-2019 report, India recycled about 60% of plastic waste in 2018-2019, while the remaining 40% was sent directly to landfills or abandoned on the streets. And these untreated plastic waste will also enter the body of marine life and other animals, and eventually lead to the death of animals.

In order to alleviate India's environmental protection problems, Jigish Doshi, chairman of the Plastindia Foundation, an international plastics organization, said that the plastics industry is already looking for materials that can replace plastic products, but this requires a lot of research and development time. "Effort in the direction. According to reports, Indian beverage manufacturers use about 6 billion straws every year, but India's domestic paper straw production capacity is almost zero.

The ban on plastics has been implemented in many countries. The problems of groundwater and marine pollution have attracted more attention. Finding alternatives has become the key to promotion. Wood, plant residues and stone paper straws are also very environmentally friendly alternatives.

South Korea also announced a few days ago that after November 24 this year, it will ban the use of disposable items such as plastic straws. Although the ban has not yet been implemented, Korean companies have made preparations early, and many restaurants have begun to replace disposable plastic straws with environmentally friendly straws. In order to implement this policy, it is believed that more suppliers will join the research and development and improvement of environmentally friendly straws.