How do biodegradable polymers help a small plastic factory grow leaps and bounds?

Mr. Zhang has run his plastic factory for over 10 years, but his factory still being small until the year 2021. The first time Mr. Zhang heard biodegradable polymers was in July 2021, he said to the salesperson of Leeka Biodegradables, "it’s impossible! I am selling plastics, my clients still said our price is very expensive. Now, if I produce biodegradable, the price would be even more expensive. They would not accept unquestionably!"  Of cause, Mr. Zhang was denying on behalf of his clients without consulting them. 

During the launch time, salesperson Mr wang ordered take-out meals to avoid the risks of eating out in restaurants due to the Covid-19 epidemic. The food arrived and was packed in white boxes which were produced from a kind of plastic material called PP. Every day millions of take-out meals were delivered out and packed in similar boxes produced from the same PP material or similar PS material. These disposable food boxes were thrown away after the food was eaten, they become white rubbishes that are not biodegradable. After the launch, Mr. Zhang said, “Maybe I will try, starting producing disposable food boxes for take-out meals!”, thus, Mr. Zhang ordered a very small quantity lesser than 1 ton for his first biodegradable food box trial. The luck comes! Within 15 days, Mr zhang got two big clients demanding millions of food boxes that need to be produced in biodegradable polymers. Of cause, Mr. Zhang was very happy. He had never seen such big order in his life. By switching to biodegradables, Mr. Zhang completely remedied what he had invested in plastic for the past 10years without making a big money. As he had learned from these two big clients that they’re purchasing plastic food boxes before they see Mr. Zhang’s biodegradable food box samples, he realized if he continue producing plastics without the trial of biodegradable, he would never have a chance to cooperate with these two big clients.

Because of big orders, Mr. Zhang’s factory is growing fast and they finally decided to quit all their plastic production to focus mainly on biodegradable production in November 2021.