April 22nd marks the 57th World Earth Day. This year’s theme, “Cherish Natural Resources and Guard a Beautiful China”, is not only a solemn initiative for ecological protection, but also a call to action for every citizen and every enterprise on Earth [7][9]. When we enjoy convenient food at the dinner table, we may not have realized that those disposable plastic tableware thrown away casually are eroding the home we depend on in a silent way. At NATURE BIO, we use plant fibers as raw materials to create degradable straws, knives, forks and spoons. We are willing to take small tableware as the carrier, integrate environmental protection concepts into daily life, and guard the green mountains and clear waters of the Earth with every persistence.

“A single-use plastic, a hundred years of harm” – this warning accurately points out the environmental hazards of disposable plastic tableware [1]. With the rise of the takeout industry and the acceleration of life rhythm, the usage of disposable plastic straws, knives, forks and spoons has increased explosively. The consumption of disposable plastic lunch boxes in China once grew at an average annual rate of 42.49%, and small plastic tableware such as straws, knives, forks and spoons have become a major source of daily plastic pollution [2]. These plastic tableware are difficult to degrade naturally, taking up to a hundred years to decompose. After a large number of them are discarded, they may be landfilled to pollute soil and groundwater, incinerated to release toxic gases, or flow into the ocean to become a “fatal trap” for marine life – marine animals swallowing plastic garbage by mistake will lead to intestinal obstruction and death. Finally, the plastic breaks into microplastics, which quietly enter the human food chain and threaten human health [1][2]. More worrying is that such small plastic tableware has mixed materials, is easy to be stained with food residues, and has high recycling costs. Most of them eventually become “accomplices” of environmental pollution [1].

Faced with the severe challenge of plastic pollution, “plastic restriction” and “plastic ban” have become a global consensus. Policies have been introduced at home and abroad to regulate disposable plastic tableware, and finding safe, environmentally friendly and degradable alternatives has become a key path to protect the ecology [1][2]. In this context, plant fiber tableware has emerged as an ideal alternative to plastic tableware. At NATURE BIO, we have always been deeply engaged in this field, focusing on the R&D and production of plant fiber straws, knives, forks and spoons, and solving environmental problems with the power of nature.

Our plant fiber straws, knives, forks and spoons come from nature and return to nature. From raw materials to disposal, they fully practice the concept of “full life cycle environmental protection” [8]. The raw materials are selected from renewable agricultural wastes such as sugarcane bagasse and bamboo pulp, without cutting down new trees. This not only realizes the resource reuse of agricultural wastes, reduces air pollution caused by straw burning, but also conforms to the World Earth Day theme of “Cherish Natural Resources” [2][3][6]. These natural raw materials are formed by high-temperature and high-pressure molding, with zero addition of harmful industrial additives, and have passed food-grade safety certification, which can be in direct contact with food. They have the characteristics of water resistance, oil resistance and high temperature resistance, which can not only meet the convenient needs of daily dining, but also avoid potential health hazards that may be brought by plastic tableware [3][6][8].

In sharp contrast to the “hundred-year harm” of plastic tableware, our plant fiber products can be completely composted and degraded in the natural environment in about 90 days, and finally decompose into carbon dioxide and water, returning to the soil to nourish plant growth, truly realizing the ecological cycle of “coming from nature and returning to nature” [3][8]. Producing 1 ton of plant fiber tableware is equivalent to reducing 1.8 tons of oil consumption and 2.7 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, and the landfill space saved is considerable. This seemingly small change, accumulated over time, can reduce a huge environmental burden on the Earth [8]. Whether holding hot soup and dishes, or cold drinks and desserts, our plant fiber straws, knives, forks and spoons can be perfectly adapted, with hardness comparable to plastic and a warm and natural feel, making environmental protection no longer a choice that sacrifices convenience, but a daily life within reach [6][8].

The significance of World Earth Day is never just a day of publicity and appeal, but to integrate environmental protection concepts into every ordinary day and implement them into every subtle action [4]. Environmental protection is never a feat of a few people, but a persistence of most people. It can be a choice to refuse to use plastic straws, an action to choose degradable tableware, and a gentle care for the Earth every time we eat [4]. At NATURE BIO, we deeply understand that a single product cannot completely change the current situation of plastic pollution, but we always believe that the gathering of small forces can form a powerful force to guard the Earth.

As a practitioner of plant fiber tableware, NATURE BIO has always taken “guarding the Earth and green development” as its original intention, deeply engaged in technological innovation, optimized product quality, and strived to make plant fiber straws, knives, forks and spoons enter more catering stores, families and campuses, allowing more people to practice environmental protection responsibilities while enjoying convenient dining [8]. We hope that every plant fiber straw can replace a plastic straw and reduce a little marine pollution; every set of plant fiber knives, forks and spoons can replace a set of plastic tableware and guard a clean soil; every choice can become a small light to guard the Earth.

On this World Earth Day, let us work together to bid farewell to the “hundred-year harm” of plastic tableware and choose the “natural choice” of plant fiber [1][8]. There is no need to pursue earth-shaking feats, just start with small things on the dinner table, and convey a big environmental protection intention with a small piece of tableware. At NATURE BIO, we are willing to work side by side with everyone who loves the Earth with the power of plant fibers, gather strength with small actions, guard the home with persistence, make every meal an environmental practice, make the Earth’s blue sky cleaner, the ocean clearer, and the soil more fertile, and jointly write a beautiful chapter of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature [4].