Paper straw wooden spoon caused spitting slot netizens: the hands of milk tea are not fragrant

Original title: paper straw wooden spoon caused spitting slot netizens: the hands of milk tea are not fragrant
Recently, many food and beverage brands to provide disposable tableware by netizens frequently spit slot. For example, KFC's wooden spoon arc is very small, can only be a few drops of soup at a time, Starbucks, happy tea to provide paper straw bubble in the liquid is very soft, broken, and there is an odor, so that smoking becomes difficult, many netizens call: the hands of milk tea is not fragrant.
plastic straws and other plastic products that were common on the market are gradually withdrawing from the stage of history. It is understood that in July 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecological Environment and other nine departments jointly issued "on the solid promotion of plastic pollution control work notice" proposed that from January 1, 2021, in the municipality directly under the Central Government, provincial capital cities, planned single-listed cities in the built-up areas of shopping malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores and other places, food and beverage packaging takeaway services and various exhibition activities, prohibit the use of non-degradable plastic shopping bags and disposable plastic tableware and other plastic supplies.
order, which has been described as "the strictest in history," came after individual catering companies responded ahead of schedule. In June 2020, for example, McDonald's China announced the phasing out of plastic straws and replacing them with new, direct-drinking cup covers.
And Starbucks (China) has been encouraging bring-your-own cups to offer discounts to customers who bring their own cups, promoting straw-free measures to consumers, including straws made from biodegradable materials, and using straw-free cup covers. Hi Tea has also long advocated the use of paper straws in stores, and from the beginning of December 2020 in stores to implement PLA biodegradable straws, the store's spoons into biodegradable materials.
, however, china Business Daily reporters in the course of the interview found that these relative to plastic more environmentally friendly tableware, the experience is not satisfactory. Many consumers believe that reducing the use of disposable plastic products is conducive to protecting the environment, avoiding pollution, should be strongly supported, but food enterprises in the choice of alternatives should also strengthen quality control, pay attention to the consumer experience.
, according to KFC store employees, the impact of the restricted plastic order, as of January 1, 2021, KFC will only provide wooden spoons to customers, no longer provide disposable plastic spoons. In response to the wooden spoon can not be properly dug, KFC customer service replied that the recommendations have been fed back to the relevant departments, the follow-up will be handled by the company according to the situation.
, consumers are more accepting of PLA biodegradable straws than paper straws, but the cost pressure on companies to adopt PLA biodegradable straws is also greater. Market prices show that the cost of plastic straws is about 15,000-16,000 yuan per ton, while the cost of paper straws is 30,000 yuan per ton, PLA biodegradable straw costs are higher, about 50,000 yuan per ton. In the premise of not violating the plastic restriction order, catering enterprises take into account cost factors, most will choose a moderate price of paper straw as an alternative. Although consumers spitting paper straw experience is poor, but compared to the original plastic straw, the purchase cost of enterprises is still nearly double.
it is understood that in response to the above-mentioned problems, individual paper straw suppliers are also providing improvements, however, there are still many technical difficulties, want to solve this problem within the scope of national security standards, is still to be explored.