EPS lunchbox vs resource consumption

Styrofoam (disposable plastic Lunch Box products, abbreviated as EPS) is used for the transportation and packaging of fruits and food. It is usually much cheaper than paper cutlery. Compared with the equivalent of paper cutlery, the wholesale price is lower. three times. The World Health Organization also favors the use of disposable foam products because it is health and safety.

The Berlin Institute reported that they compared EPS and pulp packaging containers, and that in terms of energy consumption, air pollution, global warming, and water pollution, the use of pulp instead of EPS products will consume 70% more energy. More than 31% of the air pollution is generated, three times more greenhouse gases are released, water pollution is also increased, and because of the difference in weight between the two, it also increases the energy consumption of transportation.

Fifteen years ago, in several large US cities, Portland, New York and New Jersey had tried to ban the use of polystyrene for food packaging, such as McDonald's hamburger packaging. However, later research showed that fast food plastic packaging is not so terrible as some critics said. This type of packaging actually protects the resources, and it consumes 33 grams of wood per 10 grams of paper cup containers. The air pollution and water pollution generated by EPS products were 46% and 42% of cardboard containers, respectively. Compared to polystyrene cups, producing paper cups requires about 12 times more steam, 36 times more electricity, and twice as much cooling water. The production of paper cups produces about 580 times of wastewater that needs to be treated. In addition, the price of paper cups is 2.5 times that of polystyrene. The use of EPS containers will greatly reduce the consumption of natural resources.