Policy reasons

        "Small food containers are light and heavy, small and large, simple and complex," said a person with the general administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine at a press conference to promote the exchange and promotion of environment-friendly tableware in Beijing. Disposable foam plastic tableware for health, heat preservation and cheap price etc widely used in the countries all over the world, but for recycling difficult and has difficulty in degradation of shortcomings, such as in the natural environment is limited by more and more countries. State economic and trade commission issued in January 1999, eliminate backward production capacity, technology and product catalog (6 order), including 58 paragraph out across the country before 2000 disposable foam plastic tableware, and put forward the demand of alternative products. In 2001, the relevant departments of the state economic and trade commission issued documents urging relevant local and units to stop production and use of disposable foam plastic tableware. In June 2001, the state environmental protection administration has issued a "environment mark product certification technical requirements, disposable tableware (HBC1-2001), has been clear about the" not foaming, degradation but easily recycled tableware ", such as polypropylene products can be used.