Judging from the current situation, low-carbon will be the only way for detergent companies to achieve sustainable development, and the transition to a low-carbon economy has become a major trend in the development of the world economy. Internationally, in the early 1980s, developed countries have begun to promote the process of detergent liquidization, concentration and Eco-friendly.
1. Liquidization
The proportion of liquid laundry detergent in the United States has exceeded 80% of the total laundry detergent. The proportion of liquid detergents in detergents in other developed countries is relatively low. Among them, Japanese liquid laundry detergents account for 40% of the laundry product market, and the proportion of EU liquid laundry detergents has reached more than 30%.
For consumers, liquid laundry detergent is a new generation of safe and environmentally friendly washing products that are more convenient to use. Its main features are that the product is neutral, mild in nature, non-irritating, will not leave alkaline residue after washing, will not cause skin allergies and other symptoms, and will not damage the fabric. Secondly, compared with powdered solid products, liquid laundry detergent is easier to dissolve in water, and the clothes will not become hard due to solid residues after washing.
At the same time, the liquid laundry detergent is easy to quantify, and most of them are bottled, which is convenient for storage and easy to take. For manufacturers, the manufacturing process and manufacturing equipment of liquid laundry detergent are simple. It can save energy in the production process and belongs to energy-saving products. Meanwhile, the equipment for making liquid laundry detergent requires less investment, does not require large equipment like the production of washing powder, and has no dust pollution, making the production safer.
In addition, since the liquid laundry detergent mainly uses water as a solvent or filler, the production cost is low. In recent years, in the field of personal cleaning, liquid products such as shower gel and hand sanitizer have been widely popularized and have replaced the market position of traditional soap products. In the future, liquid laundry detergent will also replace traditional powder laundry detergent.
2. Concentration
The main advantages of concentrated products are the reduction in the use of fillers and packaging, and the reduction in shipping costs. At present, most of the washing powder produced are still ordinary powder, which contains many ineffective chemical components, which not only wastes resources but also increases consumption, and also affects product performance to a certain extent. In order to implement the development ideas of low-carbon economy and low energy consumption advocated by the state, it will be a trend to vigorously promote concentrated detergents.
At present, Japan's concentrated washing powder has accounted for more than 95% of its market share of washing powder, and the European Union's concentrated washing powder share is more than 40%.Therefore, the production of concentrated products (whether it is liquid or powder laundry detergent) is advocated in the detergent industry, which can not only save energy consumption, but also save raw materials and packaging materials to a large extent, and can also greatly reduce transportation costs. Although the price of concentrated products is much higher than ordinary products, the effect of its use is also obvious. In contrast, concentrated products are more cost-effective.
3. Eco-friendly
Washing products will directly or indirectly contact with the human body. With the enhancement of people's health awareness, the requirements for chemical safety are also getting higher and higher. Today's consumers have more and more stringent requirements for detergent products, which are not only safe and environmentally friendly, not harmful to skin and fabrics, but also used in a method with good results. Therefore, the surfactant raw materials used should have excellent properties such as mildness, low irritation, and easy degradation. Therefore, mild surfactants such as APG, AEC and betaine will be increasingly used in formulations.
Using biological resources as raw materials to produce surfactants is an inevitable way for the detergent industry to achieve sustainable development. To this end, it is necessary to increase the breadth and depth of the utilization of renewable resources, strengthen the R&D and application of surfactant products with strong functionality and good biodegradability, and the use of renewable resources as raw materials.
Taking MES (fatty acid methyl ester sulfonate) as an example, many companies are optimistic about its development prospects and are committed to the preparation and application of this product. In this generation that advocates Eco-friendly everywhere, the consumption concept of consumers is constantly changing. Eco-friendly and healthy products that conform to the trend of the times are more easily accepted and loved by consumers, and will become the main development direction of the future cleaning products market.
The structural development focus of detergent products also tends to be low-carbon, especially liquefaction, concentration, and Eco-friendly. The R&D and production of Skylark Chemical's products is also adhering to this philosophy, following the development trend of the industry, and producing safe and high quality products that make consumers satisfied.
Post time: Mar-28-2022
