Why biodegradable packaging still unable to replace traditional plastic packaging?

In recent years, biodegradable packaging has become more and more well-known, and many countries have introduced plastic bans to promote biodegradable packaging. But today, biodegradable packaging has not been used on a large scale. Let’s take a look at the following reasons:

Cost

The first reason is that biodegradable packaging is expensive, usually 3-4 times more expensive than traditional plastic packaging, so ordinary families do not actively choose biodegradable packaging.

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Limited availability

The range of availability of biodegradable packaging is relatively small, and currently biodegradable materials are usually used in the manufacture of garbage bags. Because the characteristics of biodegradable materials are quite different from those of traditional plastic materials, we still cannot replace traditional plastic packaging with biodegradable packaging in other fields such as food packaging and daily necessities packaging. Because biodegradable materials have poor barrier and puncture resistance properties, they cannot protect food products well, and we cannot add the same zippers to biodegradable packaging that we can add to traditional plastic packaging, unless we can in the future Developed a biodegradable zipper.

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Consumer awareness and behavior

Although the government and the media have been promoting the importance of environmentally friendly packaging, it is difficult to change consumer behavior and preferences in the short term. People are still used to using products that are convenient or affordable.

Shelf life and shelf appeal

The disadvantages of biodegradable packaging are still evident compared to traditional plastic packaging. The first is that the shelf life of biodegradable packaging is very short. Because of its degradable characteristics, the packaging itself will naturally shrink or degrade after a period of time, resulting in the loss of protection of the products in the packaging and reducing the shelf life of the products in the packaging.
In addition, printing on biodegradable materials cannot be as high-quality and aesthetically pleasing as traditional plastics, which may affect the product’s appearance and consumer perception.

Although biodegradable packaging still cannot completely replace traditional plastic packaging at present, we still need to keep in mind that environmental protection is our mission. And we believe that in the near future, the application of biodegradable packaging will become more and more extensive, and the performance will be better.We can still consider to choose those traditional materials packaging products before that.