The recent hottest topic of the packing industry is the release of using of the disposable foam plastic. Most of the arguments around this topic have shown that the idea of environmental protect has been planted in people’s minds.

The plastic packing material was once banned because the plastic pollution was so serious that would bring directly damage to the lovely Earth. The release brought out an intensive argument is because it is released for business purpose.

After years of promotion for the importance of environmental protection, people are with knowledge the environment friendly products are what they need indeed. And it has become a trend for packing industry also. The recycled paper packing box is one of the hottest items in the market.

Referring to a statistics, the sale amount of China packing material market has reached US$ 90 trillion. There is no doubt that China has become the biggest packing material market in Asia. It is predicted that it would grow fast form 2011 to 2016 by 9.8% per year. Growing with this rate, it would definitely to be the very big head in this field in Asia. And apparently, the whole industry in China is on its way to an industrial upgrade which is to meet the higher requirements of the consumers.

In this recent decade, the sustainable packing is popular. The new released report mentioned that the market capitalization would be able to reach US$ 178 million. The packing industry is focusing on security, healthy and environmental protected. The environmental friendly packing, light packing and proper packing are being promoted to the public.

With the push of government, demand of retailers and the stress from the public, the environmental friendly idea has become one of the factors when considering the way for packing. From the raw material, the processes and the disposition, all of them would be treated in a new way, which has become a complicated problem for manufacturers.

As people are fancy about low footprint product, the environmental friendly products are the hot sale items. Like solar water heater manufacturer is trying to develop their machine, the plastic packing manufacturer is trying hard to improve their things to satisfy the consumer’s needs and to protect the environment. The new environmental friendly packing materials are on the way to become the super star in the industry and the market.

Plastic packing is now environmental friendly. It is to save energy and protect the lovely planet. 

Tooth brushes, bottles, telephone, cell phone, calculators and even prosthesis are all the results of the development of plastic industry. Plastic is a material made of fossil resources. Since 20th century, it has evolutional changes. Nobody could imagine what would happen if the fossil resource was run out. Scientists, specialists and designers considered that there is still a long way to go for the plastic industry.

Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME) has reported that the global total production amount of plastic was 2.8 billion which plastic packing is one the major part. And 99.5% of it was produced by petrol, which was 4% of the global petrol production amount. The responsible person of the western district forecasted that, the plastic production would be more important to the future lives, and it would be necessary to find new raw material instead of the fossil resources. For example, a Boeing 787 plane is much lighter than it’s used to be because of the plastic content is as high as 50%.

It is said that the future plastic material would be used for conduction current. Nowadays, solar water heater manufacturers use plastic as product shell material, but scientists are trying to develop a solar battery which is totally made from plastic.

The future of plastic is promising. Scientists are developing a smart textile adding plastic could automatically to adapt the temperature, which is able to prevent from coldness and hotness.

It is predicted that plastic would be able to be made of potatoes, corns and wood within one or two centuries. Many manufacturers have been trying to produce plastic with plants. Using polylactic acid as the basis to create plastic would make a new kind which is able to be biodegradation. It is said that American has already found a way to transform plastic into crude oil, which environmentally protected and encouraging. No longer the paper packing box and wooden box would be friendly to the environment, the plastic would become one of them too.

Philippe Patrick Starck, a famous French designer, considered that humans are standing at the crossing of plastic industry. Nobody could ever imagine what would happen if the plastic was completely disappeared, especially in poor countries. The situation of plastic product recycling is annoyed because of it wasted too much farm field to do such thing. Philippe Starck has built up his empire with designs of plastic product. And at present, he is interested in an evolutional biopolymer which is with the basis of alga and totally biodegradation. 

The global plastic packing industry is developing forwards to some features. The new polyester packing is sound and promising. The biodegradable plastics are coming more and more focused. The foamed plastic is being developed to be non-pollution. The entire industry is on its way to be environment friendly.

Besides, the plastic packing industry is working hard on developing. There are some factors of its changes.

1.       Membranes are created into thin, multi-functional and highly separated. Soft plastic packing materials are popular within this country in recent years. Highly separated and multi-functional preservative film and sterile packing film are growing fast. With the development of printing, soft plastic packing is walking further and expanding wider into an era of Color Revolution.

2.       The construction of the plastic packing is changing. It is important to satisfy the need of packing as well as reducing the wastes as environmental protection has become a main theme in the world. Co-extruded packaging film is the one. It is cost-saving, adapting and easy to use. Most essentially, it is an environment friendly packing product. Because of its advantages, it has grown fast and it was about 40% of soft plastic packing film worldwide. As its product construction is changed, it is okay for snack manufacturers to use it.

3.       The market of vegetable preservative film is hopeful. China is a big country of vegetable and fruits. However, bad packing would lead to a loss of the fruit because of decomposition. Polythene film and polypropylene film would be good enough for packing fresh vegetable and fruits.

4.       Plastic bottle market is good. Beverage industry is of great business opportunity. Beverage manufacturers are producing various kinds of drink for consumers. The producing amount is raising 20% per year. The market of PET bottle is promising. With development of plastic packing materials, PS, ABS and PE have become strong rivals for PET.

5.       Recently, there is a trend to pack beer with PET bottle. Its permeability resistance is efficient as glass. In the meanwhile, the PET can be sterilized in high temperature, which has expanded its market. Also, it can be used for packing tea drink.  

6.       Bottle water was mainly packed with PVC and PET. But, in the past few years, PC water bottle is chasing. It is a opportunity for investing PC packing.

In conclusion, to pack environment friendly is the basic requirement no matter of what kind of plastic would be opted. Cutting of the waste and solving the problem of recycling are both essential. Non-pollution packing material would be welcomed globally. 

Afternoon tea is one the most welcomed way of catering. To drink a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy a piece of cheese cake or a muffin, is a way which not only to refill energy tank for the coming work, but to delight yourself for a better mood to work hard.

The special traditions of afternoon are different among from regions and types. Afternoon tea has existed in many places for long. Take an example of China. People from Guangdong and Fujian like drinking tea. And in Guangdong, people would eat dim-sum during drinking tea.

So, if you want to enjoy a wonderful afternoon tea time, you should prepare some cooking tool first. Tea pot, coffee machine, electric oven are necessary things with your kitchen ware. No matter you are preparing afternoon tea or meal, they are always your helper in kitchen.

Coffee is listed as three drink with tea and cocoa. Coffee bean is the baked nut of coffee tree’s fruit. To make a cup of good coffee, the coffee bean is the key. Besides, stainless steel strainer is essential too. As the coffee bean is milled, the tiny coffee granule would inflow into the coffee while brewing which would make the coffee taste bad. That is the reason why a quality stainless steel strainer is important. A good stainless steel strainer is able to separate the granule and liquid. And you would get a tasty, smooth coffee. Having a smooth coffee in a relaxing afternoon is marvelous. In addition, to make a cup of pure tea would need one too. It is to keep the tea clear and pure.

Fresh fruit juice would be a good choice as well. A quality juicer is a reliable helper with your kitchen ware. Just put some fresh, juicy fruit into it, you would be able to enjoy a glass of luxury nature gift. In addition, you can use a juicer to make milkshake. Fruit juice and milkshake are good cool drink in summer.  

A whole afternoon tea should contain both drink and snack. Biscuit, scone and cheese cake are all satisfied choices. To bake some delicious some special condiments would be acceptable. When baking homemade, to sift flour with a nice stainless steel strainer. It is a critical step to create a fine breadcrumb consistency which may make the snack taste better.

To enjoy an afternoon tea is relaxing. If you have been well-equipped, it would be easy for you to prepare your afternoon tea.