Can fully biodegradable plastic products be degraded? In Hainan, the answer can be revealed in just 7 days.
“But in the past, it usually took 3 to 6 months.” Recently, the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau revealed in an interview with a reporter from Hainan Daily that our province’s testing capabilities for fully biodegradable materials and products are currently in a leading position in the country. Hainan’s plastic ban has provided strong technical support.
At the smart R&D and production base for pulp molded environmentally friendly tableware in Hainan Dashengda, staff are checking the quality of environmentally friendly tableware. Photo by Hainan Daily reporter Yuan Chen
What has greatly accelerated this testing time is the National Market Supervision Key Laboratory (Quality and Safety Evaluation and Research of Degradable Materials) built by the Hainan Provincial Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Provincial Quality Supervision Institute) and the Institute of Physics and Chemistry Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. . Only two years after its establishment, this key laboratory has made many breakthroughs in technological research and other aspects. At present, this key laboratory has developed 5 special materials for compost biodegradation, designed and synthesized 2 types of seawater degradable materials, developed 3 types of degradable products, developed 6 new methods for testing biodegradable plastic products, and obtained CMA (Inspection and Testing Agency Qualification Certification) ) or CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment) inspection parameters, 578 items, and 33 international standards recognized by CNAS.
The improvement of the testing capabilities of fully biodegradable materials and products not only supports the supervision and enforcement of the “plastic ban”, but also serves the development of enterprises through the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, promoting the high-quality development of Hainan’s degradable plastic products industry.
“With the implementation of the ‘plastic ban’ work in our province, the number of degradable plastic product companies is gradually increasing, and there is an urgent need for inspection and testing institutions to provide technical assistance.” The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Quality Supervision Institute said that the institute has currently provided a batch of degradable plastic products in our province. Manufacturing companies provide accurate and efficient testing services to help companies clear the product quality barrier from production to sales.
In order to serve the development of Hainan’s degradable materials industry, our province has also established a one-stop service platform for the quality infrastructure of the degradable materials industry. Through the organic integration of measurement, standards, certification and accreditation, inspection and monitoring, quality management and other essential resources, we will continue to meet the high standards of the degradable materials industry. Quality development needs.
“In recent years, Hainan’s biodegradation industry has developed rapidly, and the province’s annual production capacity of degradable materials has reached 25,000 tons.” The person in charge said that in the future, the institute will rely on its continuously improving inspection, scientific research, and technical capabilities to further help degradable materials Enterprises introduce technology, improve processes, improve quality, develop new products, and create a number of high-tech products and green environmentally friendly products with independent intellectual property rights.