What is environmental protection?

Change to "What is Green Material?" in this article, many petroleum based materials and bio based materials were mentioned, both of which belong to the category of "environmentally friendly materials". However, due to the significant increase in the global use of "disposable plastic products" and the failure of humans to recycle and reuse a large amount of plastic waste, environmentally friendly materials are no longer "environmentally friendly", but have become the main culprits that harm the environment, human and animal health. So, what aspects of environmental protection should we take and how can we have a positive attitude towards it? Today, the editor will also discuss a series of topics briefly.

1、 Ideological consciousness

The most important aspect of environmental protection is our own human consciousness. If we don't care about anything ourselves and still have bad habits such as littering without sorting, throwing cigarette butts indiscriminately, spitting everywhere, defecating and urinating everywhere, then our environment will naturally be damaged. So, in our daily lives, first of all, disposable plastic products should be avoided as much as possible. If they are not used, they should be sorted and processed or collected by ourselves and handed over to professionals for disposal; Secondly, raise awareness of plastic waste and try to infect people around us as much as possible to enhance environmental awareness; Finally, actively participate in environmental protection activities or read more information on environmental protection measures.

Improve our own understanding of 'plastic materials'. For example, the most common disposable plastic products around us, such as straws, shopping bags, takeaway food boxes, fresh food boxes and trays, cup lids for milk tea and coffee, and a layer of film inside paper cups, it is best to be familiar with the materials they are made of. This will help people understand plastic waste and increase their awareness of environmental protection. It is worth mentioning here the understanding of "microplastics". In fact, among numerous petroleum based polymer materials, there are not many microplastics produced during the processing from the raw materials themselves. However, in the plastic product deep processing industry, many companies may only add 30% -40% of the actual raw materials in order to reduce costs, and the rest will add a large amount of inorganic fillers (food grade talc powder and calcium carbonate powder). However, these often do not meet the required quality and strength of the plastic, so many plasticizers containing carcinogens need to be added, which will promote the production of microplastics. And these microplastics can enter our human body without the public's knowledge (such as heating takeout food boxes directly in a microwave; keeping mineral water bottles in the trunk of a car exposed to the sun; using fresh food boxes and trays for continued freezing, etc.), posing a threat to health. But do you think avoiding these is enough? Fishing lines, fishing nets, pet urine pads, non-woven products used in beauty salons, diapers, sanitary napkins, etc. all belong to the category of "plastic fiber products". Non woven fabrics are not cloth, but plastic! Material!. If fishing lines and nets are discarded into the ocean, swallowed by turtles, fish, etc., and captured and consumed by humans, then microplastics will enter our bodies, so microplastics are ubiquitous. Why is cancer becoming younger nowadays, and the harm of microplastics to humans is one of the contributing factors.

三、Choose environmentally friendly materials

At present, we often see products made of straw, rice husk, wood cellulose, coffee grounds, bamboo cellulose and other PP materials in food packaging plastic products. However, please note that this type of product can only be said to reduce the use of plastic, and is not a fully biodegradable product. The PP contained in it is a petroleum based material that cannot be degraded for a hundred years. This product is completely different from fully biodegradable products, and the public must be well aware of this and not confuse it. This is just some businesses seriously disrupting the market and misleading the public. So when choosing environmentally friendly plastic products, it is important to carefully consider what materials are being used.

四、Environmental Action

As the saying goes, 'just talking without practicing lies', words are not as effective as actions. Therefore, we not only need to understand our thoughts and common sense, but also truly take meaningful actions for environmental protection. For example, using less or no disposable plastic products; Multi use glass, ceramic, and aluminum products; Actively participate in and promote environmental protection measures, materials, etc; Improve one's environmental literacy, avoid littering indiscriminately, and do a good job of classification; Participate more in environmental activities such as picking up garbage at the beach, the more the better!

Ling Tan Biological Technology (Tianjin)Co.,LTD. is a food packaging material company that produces fully biodegradable materials and products, so please pay more attention to us. Secondly, both the national government and environmental protection departments are constantly doing a lot of things related to environmental protection, and there are also some enterprises that recycle and remanufacture garbage. We are all doing what we can to protect this earth and continue our future generations.