How do biodegradable materials help you reduce the cost of the product?

Biodegradable materials are less expensive than plastics because they go directly to the state plastics aim to achieve, which not only saves on processing, experimental, and labor costs but also saves time. Biodegradable materials help save the cost of products in two significant aspects:

(1) Save the cost of the product itself. Thinking about the cost of removing BPA from plastics, heavy metals from plastics, and harmful chemicals from plastics, biodegradable materials are really cheap. What is the cost if you make petrochemical plastics degrade like paper and wood in a short period of time? The cost is high, and R&D will take a long time, but biodegradable materials could be produced directly, such as paper and wood, at very low cost. Also, microplastics are always a headache that has never been solved for all kinds of plastics since their invention. Many sea mammals and fish died from microplastics, and many microplastics even enter the human body. How can you solve it? What will be the cost? Plastics factories should ask their R&D department to estimate the cost; it should be an astronomical figure. But the cost of biodegradable materials is only the negligible price per ton.

(2) Save all kinds of hidden costs, especially related to social. Plastics have a substantial environmental impact, forcing governments to incur considerable costs to address environmental pollution and to spend a lot of funds to address public health problems caused by plastic pollution. Where does this money come from? It comes from factories, other companies, taxpayers, and individuals. If this money could be saved, it could be used to support education and help people in need, thereby increasing a country's consumption capacity, which would benefit manufacturers and lead to better sales. 

How do biodegradable materials help your business generate more sales?

Customers buy it not because the product is cheaper, but because they trust the product and the seller. If you think your current product is more affordable, you're totally wrong. Because no matter how cheap your product's price, it's always the higher cost than the fake products price, that's why many end users always choose the higher price products if they afford to buy even though the products look similar.

If you’re a plastic factory, you would definitely want to know how biodegradable materials could help your business get more sales.

1. Biodegradable materials would definitely increase market trust in your brand; trust definitely means sales. Because customers trust you, they would choose your product even though they could find a similar product at a lower price. Why? Because when you replace the plastics with biodegradable materials, you’re telling your customers you’re socially caring, you’re socially responsible, you won’t sell products for profit if they cause harm to the human body, and you won't sell products that cause environmental pollution. This ethical differentiation sets your business apart: because you have higher moral standards, you’re less likely to cheat others (a company with low morality would sell products at a lower price but engage in a lot of cheating), which is why customers would prefer to buy from you.

2. Biodegradable materials will give your customers more trust in the product. Many people said that plastics have no harm to the human body, but if you say that biodegradable materials have no harm to the human body, it is honest. Let’s compare them below:

(a) Biodegradable materials are coming from food resources such as corn, seaweed, cassava, etc. They’re renewable and food-safe, and surely have no harm to the human body. But plastics contain many harmful chemicals and heavy metals, which can cause many illnesses. Plastic manufacturers, especially those making food boxes, juice bottles, and flexible packaging, are making a small profit on their products. Still, people who use them will spend millions of dollars to avoid illness caused by plastic products. (from this, you can see why factories that replace plastics with biodegradable materials have higher morality)

(b) Biodegradable materials will return to nature by degrading into water and carbon dioxide, with no pollution to the environment. However, plastics not only will cause a long period of pollution to the environment but also will disintegrate into microplastics, release harmful chemicals and heavy metals into the soil to damage our ecosystem, far more than that, those harmful elements will continue in the ecological cycle, for example, heavy metals and microplastics may be absorbed by plants, animals, fishes, birds, they will return to our food to cause a lot of harm to the human body again.

What is the advantage of plastic replaceable biodegradable materials over paper and wood?

Plastic-replaceable, biodegradable materials are used to replace plastics in all their roles, helping avoid plastic pollution and the health impacts of microplastics on the human body.

Factories that have a conscience should replace plastic raw materials with biodegradable, replaceable materials to stop conducting further environmental pollution and potential harm to human health. It's not about profit, it's about social responsibility and business ethics. Some consumers don't know what biodegradable materials are because plastics have existed for a hundred years. However, biodegradable materials are still new or just invented, so you won't expect your consumers to ask you, "Do you have biodegradable products?" But once they become more popular, they will ask, which gives them a sense that biodegradable products are more eco-friendly. So what? If you have biodegradable products in your showroom, they would definitely prefer them over plastics if they see them. If you have biodegradable products for sale, they would definitely buy.

Advantages of plastic replaceable biodegradable materials over paper and wood:

1, paper and wood may go moldy, but products produced from biodegradable materials won't. Products such as dishes, containers, and eating utensils that go moldy are harmful to health.

2, Paper would be mainly used to produce disposable products, but biodegradable materials could be used to produce disposable and non-disposable products. Sometimes the paper needs a layer of plastic film to protect it from water. Still, products made from biodegradable materials are a direct replacement for plastic and can be used to contain water.

3. Making a product from wood generally has a higher cost than the direct production of plastics. However, replacing the plastic masterbatches with biodegradable materials only results in a difference of raw-material expenses; the finished product still costs less than the product made from wood.

4, Wood and paper can't make flexible items similar to plastic film and plastic bags. Still, biodegradable materials can produce the same results as plastic film and plastic bags. Still, with better smell and feel, they can contain water, food, oil, detergent, and many chemicals.

5, Wood and paper can't produce clear, transparent items, but biodegradable materials can, which can create highly transparent items comparable to glass. It can be used to make many medical products that would surpass plastics, as there will be no harmful chemicals leeched into the liquid it contains.

6, Wood and paper do not have good colorability as biodegradable materials. Biodegradable materials use the same coloring process as plastics, so they can be colored in any color, just like plastics.