November 18, Jiangsu Province, circular economy Association bio-based materials industry branch held a founding meeting in Changzhou.Expert experts believe that China's bio-based materials have a certain industrial scale, some of the technical levels close to the international advanced level, the current bio-based materials industry in China are 20% -30% annual growth rate, and gradually move toward the practical application of industrial scale and industrialization stage.
With the rapid development of online shopping, take-away, food industry, hotel industry and other industries, the demand for packaging materials such as packaging boxes, tapes and plastic bags soared in China.How to improve the use of recyclable and degradable materials and reduce the impact of packaging on the environment Of the pollution, is very important to our country's environmental protection, bio-based materials is one of the ways to solve.
Guo Kai, Dean of College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology said that in the past bio-based materials were mainly used in disposable articles such as plastic bags, tableware, hotel supplies, etc. In recent years, with the development of raw materials and processing technologies, bio-based Materials durables have been developed, including kitchen supplies, building insulation materials, furniture, toys, stationery, mulching, textiles and electronic accessories, etc. It is estimated that the replacement rate of bio-based materials for petroleum materials in China will exceed 3 to 5 years 30%.
At the inaugural meeting, Bio-based Material Industry Branch of Jiangsu Recycling Economy Association, jointly with Nanjing University of Technology and Changzhou Bio-based Polymer Materials Engineering Technology Research Center, released the report titled "Jiangsu Provincial Bio-based Materials Industry Data." The report shows that from 2007 to 2016 , Jiangsu Province, a total of more than 30,000 applications for bio-based materials patents, of which more than 9,000 pieces of authorization, showed a rising trend year by year.
The report pointed out that starch-based material is currently the most mature technology, the largest industrialization, the highest market share of a biodegradable plastic, but also the current consumption of the largest bio-based material varieties, the total annual production capacity of 80-100 million tons, Annual output of about 40 million tons.In addition, last year China's total production capacity of PBS and PBAT polymer reached 100,000 tons, is expected in 2017 production capacity reached 300,000 tons; polylactic acid (PLA) as the world's most widely used biodegradable bio-based materials , The domestic production capacity of 8-10 tons / year.
Guo said at present, China's bio-based materials industry is still facing the industrial chain construction is relatively weak, the supporting policies and the market environment is not clear, standards and market access system is not perfect, innovation capacity needs to be strengthened and so on. The development of materials requires the concerted efforts of all sectors including government, enterprises, academia and media, and a long way to go.
Jiangsu Province, circular economy Association of bio-based materials industry branch consists of 18 enterprises and institutions, Jiangsu Long Chun Environmental Protection Development Co., Ltd. chairman Zhaohui branch elected president of the first branch. Jiangsu Long Chun environmental headquarters in Changzhou Science and Education City, the main production of biological Basics tableware and food packaging products, the annual output reached 30,000 tons.
Branch Zhaohui said that bio-based materials industry as one of the country's strategic emerging industries one of the important areas can not do without the support and guidance of national policy.Biological based materials industry branch will actively publicize the industry departmental policies, regulations and systems to assist Industry authorities conduct in-depth industrial research, exploration and research on theory, principles and policies, and play a good bridging role between the government and enterprises.