With the continuous tightening of plastic removal and environmental protection policies, my country officially announced the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Treatment of Plastic Pollution" on January 19, 2020. By the end of 2020, it will be the first to ban or restrict certain plastic products in certain regions and areas. By the end of 2022, the consumption of disposable plastic products will be significantly reduced, and alternative products, the Paper packaging industry, will be promoted.

What are the opportunities for the paper packaging industry?

This also means that in the next few years, the plant fiber molded product industry and the Paper packaging industry will usher in greater development opportunities. From the perspective of the Paper packaging industry alone, paper straws can replace plastic straws, paper bags can replace plastic shopping bags, paper packaging can replace plastic boxes, and Carton can replace plastic express packaging.

Paper straws instead of plastic straws

In recent years, companies such as Starbucks and McDonald's have gradually replaced plastic straws with paper straws. Compared with plastic straws, paper straws are slightly more expensive, but they are still within the scope of the enterprise. However, the problem is that the current use of paper straws is not very good.

Paper bag replaces plastic shopping bags

Plastic shopping bags have always been the main targets of bans around the world, and the demand for paper bags can therefore be further increased. However, the cost is relatively high and may not be within the tolerance of supermarkets and shopping malls.

Paper cups instead of disposable plastic cups

Paper cups have appeared in the market many years ago, and the acceptance by people is getting higher and higher, and the trend of replacing paper cups is becoming more and more obvious. Taking advantage of the industrial opportunities of plastic restriction and prohibition, paper cup manufacturers will usher in a better development environment.

Paper packaging box replaces plastic box

For take-out packaging, the replacement of plastic lunch boxes by Paper packaging boxes will become the mainstream in the future, which also means that the demand for food-grade white cardboard will increase. However, the pulp molded lunch box may become a competitor of the paper lunch box.

Carton instead of express plastic packaging

As we all know, due to the increase in carton prices in recent years, many companies have begun to use express plastic packaging. And if the carton is to completely replace the plastic express packaging, it must pass the price. If the carton price is too high for users to accept, then even if plastic packaging is banned, there will be other packaging methods.

Therefore, the biggest benefit of plastic restriction and prohibition for the Paper packaging industry is to drive the growth of demand for related paper types. In addition to food packaging paper, paper types such as white cardboard, white board paper, corrugated paper, and cardboard paper will all benefit. Of course, judging from the current situation, food packaging paper, white cardboard, and white paper have benefited the most.

Similarly, the Paper packaging industry will also benefit significantly. For example, cartons produced with white cardboard and white paper as raw materials, or expanded application rates in the food delivery industry and the cosmetics industry. The increase in demand for corrugated paper and cardboard paper may mainly exist in the express packaging field, especially in the replacement of plastic packaging by express cartons.

However, although Paper packaging box has the advantage of replacing plastic packaging, it may also cause other new packaging methods to be used by terminal enterprises due to problems such as high prices. This is a problem that the industry must face, and it is also a problem worth pondering.