Corn starch based tableware is a common biodegradable food box in the current market. The main source of starch is corn, so it is sometimes called corn starch based. However, this type of food box is actually a mixture of starch and traditional petroleum based PP plastic, which is called bio based abroad.

玉米淀粉基餐具是通過淀粉的生物降解而致使整個材料物理性能崩潰，但崩潰后的石油基PP還是不可降解的，降解率根據餐盒成分可達40%-80%，所以只能算是可降解餐盒，而不能算是全降解。

Corn starch based tableware causes the physical properties of the entire material to collapse through the biodegradation of starch, but the petroleum based PP after collapse is still non degradable. The degradation rate can reach 40% -80% based on the composition of the lunch box, so it can only be considered a degradable lunch box, not a fully degradable one.

因此玉米淀粉基餐具只能在一定程度上替代塑料制品，是目前市場上飽受爭議的塑料餐具的替代品。

Therefore, corn starch based tableware can only partially replace plastic products and is currently a controversial alternative to plastic tableware in the market.

負責生物降解的微生物就越容易對材料進行化學分解），比石油基的塑料要容易降解很多。但是由于添加了其它成分，同時聚合的過程會提高結晶度。這些因素都會PLA降解的時間變長。

The microorganism responsible for biodegradation is more likely to chemical decomposition the material), which is much easier to degrade than petroleum based plastics. However, due to the addition of other components, the polymerization process will increase crystallinity. These factors will lead to longer degradation time of PLA.

高溫，超過30℃時，微生物才會開始降解PLA；

At high temperatures exceeding 30 ℃, microorganisms begin to degrade PLA;

潮濕，濕度越高水解效率越高。

Wet, the higher the humidity, the higher the hydrolysis efficiency.

要同時滿足這幾個條件的環境，在自然界中可以說非常。

The environment that satisfies these conditions simultaneously can be said to be very rare in nature.

目前，世界上環保禁塑的很多先行例如歐洲已經不用降解和完全降解來描述材質，而是用是否可堆肥來說明。因為可堆肥對降解的時間，降解后的顆粒大小，降解后成分對植物生長的影響都能進行限定，來保證材質的性。

At present, many leading countries in the world that prohibit environmental plastics, such as Europe, no longer use degradation and complete degradation to describe materials, but rather use whether they can be composted. Because composting can limit the degradation time, particle size after degradation, and the impact of degraded components on plant growth to ensure the safety of the material.

因此像紙漿模塑餐具植物纖維模塑餐具（甘蔗漿餐具）這類，能在家庭堆肥條件下就完全降解的真正意義上的環保餐具，現在市場上呈現出大熱發展趨

Therefore, truly environmentally friendly tableware, such as pulp molded tableware and plant fiber molded tableware (sugarcane pulp tableware), which can be completely degraded under household composting conditions, is currently showing a hot development trend in the market