With the implementation of the plastic ban last year, the experience of degradable straws and the debate on different degradable materials became a most talked-about topic. Among them, paper straws became the first choice for bubble tea shops and coffee shops, but with topics such as paper straws can’t penetrate the plastic lid, dosage can’t be sucked up, straws soften after drinking with a strange smell and so on. With the topics hitting the hot tags, paper straws are gradually on the retreat, while PLA straws are taking the lead with their excellent performance.

Statistically, the cumulative national production of plastic straws was nearly 30,000 tons in 2019, or about 46 billion straws, of which 27.6 billion were industrial matching straws attached to milk and beverage boxes. The pressure on the environment from the straws and their packaging can be imagined.

It is very worth noting that the straw debate has been accompanied by changes in straw packaging. Traditional straw packaging is mostly transparent plastic packaging, which is so common in dairy products and beverage straws, while leading domestic dairy companies have been exploring biodegradable solutions for straws and their packaging, starting to use degradable straws in their products as early as 2020 and become a new direction pursued by many companies.

Xiamen Changsu Industrial Co., Ltd. has launched the first mass-produced biodegradable film in China, BiONLY, which undoubtedly provides a solution for straw packaging

BiONLY has controlled degradation properties and can degrade to water and carbon dioxide within 8 weeks under industrial composting conditions, thus achieving a perfect cycle from nature and back to nature.

Meanwhile, it has physical properties comparable to traditional plastic straw packaging, with high transparency, high gloss and excellent heat sealing properties, allowing for production without changing processing equipment and achieving equipment compatibility. It can also be used in combination with existing degradable straws to achieve 100% biodegradability.

In addition to straw packaging, BiONLY has previously been successfully used in airlines’ fully biodegradable tableware, helping Chinese airlines to meet their plastic ban and dual carbon targets. Besides, it can also be used in tapes, protective films, window films, paper laminated films, labels, general bags, anti-fog films, flower packaging, etc. It is a green development aid that can help the whole industry to fulfil its carbon reduction responsibility.