Polylactic acid tableware has been asked in European and American markets

The production capacity of polylactic acid (PLA) of Gargill Dow Chemical Company in the United States has been continuously expanded and the cost has been continuously reduced, which has greatly shortened its marketization process. According to reports, during the Belgian Music Festival in 2004, Alken Maes Brewery Co., Ltd. shared the first 1.5 million PLA cups for beer, which was produced at the Huhlamaki Oyi large packaging plant in Espoo, Finland. Its appearance and feel are the same as those of traditional polycarbonate (PC) plastic cups, but they can be completely biodegraded after composting, which saves the cost of recycling PC cups. It is considered to be the most practical and economical way to reduce festival waste.

The PLA Cup has also begun to find applications in the Irish and British cold drinks industry. The Irish Tipperory Natural Mineral Water Company delivered a total of 500,000 PLA ​​cups in August 2004. It plans to start using all the disposable beverage cups in the PLA Cup with an annual dose of 30 million.

In the United States in July 2004 in Telluride, Colorado, a total of about 431,000 meal plates, cups, and utensils were used during the Blue Glass Festival in Telluride, Colorado.