• Limited,
• Non-renewable fossil fuel resources

• Renewable, but takes decades to grow
• Accelerates the greenhouse effect and the land degradation

• Limited
• Non-renewable

• Abundant
• Quickly-renewable
  (1 year)
• Waste-to-products advantage

All forms of plastic production process first begin by heating the hydrocarbon components of petroleum to break down larger molecules into smaller ones or monomers. Each monomer is then chemically bonded into chains called polymers. Different combinations of monomers yield plastic resins with different properties and characteristics.

Wood is first grinded and cooked into pulp by using chemicals and a large amount of water.  Pulp will then be filtered, washed and bleached before beaten in a large mixing machine to make the wood fibers bond together. After that, the pulp will go through a series of rollers that press and flatten the pulp, wiring out the water, and drying the paper into finished products. Finally large rolls of paper will be cut, trimmed and converted into cups, or plates and other items.

All forms of plastics production process first begins by heating the hydrocarbon components of petroleum to break down larger molecules into smaller ones or monomers. Each monomer is then chemically bonded into chains called polymers. Different combinations of monomers yield plastic resins with different properties and characteristics.

It is made of Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen. It is not toxic and has no toxic components.

Post-harvested plant is first grinded, soaked, and mixed into pulp. Earthbound products are made from pulp under heat and pressure. Finally, excess material is
trimmed and final products are disinfected under UV light. 
During the whole process, most excess water is reused rather than being evaporated or going down the drain, the rest of the water that is drained will be reused for soaking.  All excess trim will be reused as raw material.

• CFC accelerates ozone depletion
• Pentane contributes to low-level smog
• CO is a poisonous gas

• Use a large amount of water
• Use 2-5 times more material and energy to produce than the other 3 types of products
• Produce a large amount of liquid waste and some harmful byproducts.
• LDPE is one kind of polymers (plastic)

• Technology to be improved; inconsistent product quality
• Appear to be polystyrene  foam food containers.

• Except the impurities from original agricultural discard, no any form of gas, solid or liquid waste is yielded.
• Use significant less energy, water, and material to produce than the other 3 types of products.
• High product efficiency as 99%
• Without bleaching and coating

• Freezer OK
• Not microwave and oven safe.
• Melt and release toxic substances at 65℃
• Excellent thermal insulation
• Very low temperature resistance
• Fair stain/cut resistance
• Good grease resistance
• Not rigid during prolonged usage for hot food with heavy sauce
  
• Good water and oil resistance
• Poor static loading

   

• Freezer friendly
• Microwave safe for some containers
• Non-toxic
• Poor thermal insulation
• High temperature resistance
• (Low temperature resistance if without coating)
• Poor stain/grease resistance (if without coating)
• Fair cut resistance
• Not rigid during prolonged usage for hot food with heavy sauce
• Rather low water and oil resistance
• Normal static loading

• Freezer OK
• Not microwave safe. (Distort at 75℃)
• Non-toxic
• Good thermal insulation
• Low temperature resistance
• Good stain/cut/grease resistance
• Normal rigid during prolonged usage
• Good water and oil resistance
• Normal static loading

• Freezer friendly at - 25℃
• Microwave safe at high level
• Oven safe up to 230℃
• Non-toxic
• Good thermal insulation
• Extremely high temperature resistance
• Good stain/cut/grease resistance
• Good sturdy and rigid during prolonged usage
• Excellent water and oil
• resistance
• Good static loading
• Acid resistance

• Good for 1+ year
• Extremely high freight cost

• May dampen
• Low freight cost

• Good for 1+ year
• High freight cost

• Good for 1+ year
• Low freight cost

• Taking extremely more space
• 3-4 times of freight cost, compared with paper and Green Earth

• Taking less space.
• Only quarter of freight cost, compared with polystyrene foam

• Taking more space, compared with paper
• Only half of freight cost, compared with polystyrene foam

• Taking less space
• Only quarter of freight cost, compared with polystyrene foam

• Not biodegradable in landfill
• Cannot be composted
• Technically Recyclable for other products
• Can be burned in waste-to-energy facility, and then be produced toxic gas

• Unreadily biodegradable in landfill
• The coating cannot be composted
• Recyclable after de-inking
• Can be burned in waste-to-energy facility

• Unreadily biodegradable in landfill
• Cannot be composted
• Recyclable
• Can be burned in waste-to-energy facility, and then be emitted Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and some carbon monoxide (CO)

• Readily biodegradable in landfill
• Can be composted into organic soil
• Recyclable in conventional paper stream
• Can be burned in waste-to-energy facility without pollution

• Will not degrade in hundreds of years and causes “White Pollution” doing harm to the earth the second time
• Very few polystyrene foam will be recycled to food or non-food packaging products.
• Obstacle the degradability of other wastes in Landfill
• Release toxic gas such as dioxin, and pollute the atmosphere in burn process

• The material of coating cannot be degraded.
• The plastic or wax-coated paper cannot be recyled

• CO2 contributes largely for global warming.
• CO is a poisonous gas.
• Degradation relies very much on the circumstances, such as the right atmosphere, sunlight, water, soil and microorganisms; the process simply will not take place if it is buried or covered.

• Really reduction in landfill burdens.
• Biodegradable/compostable to become organic fertilizer
• Waste-to-nutrition advantage
• Benefit the life-cycle of food chain
• No toxic emissions to the environment