A brief analysis of the difficulties in processing kitchen (food waste) waste in counties
1. The capital and funds that can be invested are limited. Traditional treatment plants have large-scale civil construction, high investment costs for plant areas, equipment, anaerobic treatment, and sewage treatment, and low returns;
2. The technical requirements are high, whether it is to produce biogas through anaerobic fermentation or to cultivate insects such as black soldier flies from organic solid residues, the technical requirements are high, and the corresponding reduction and resource utilization are not complete;
3. Management difficulties. Regardless of the management measures and policy documents issued by the government in various cities, there are still difficulties in collection and transportation. After the completion of the factory, there is a lack of professional talents for on-site management;
4. The amount of food waste is small, and the actual population of the county is small. The amount of food waste and kitchen waste generated is generally between 10-50t, and the classification is incomplete, resulting in difficulty in processing.

Future market analysis and development of county food waste

The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020 severely hit my country's catering industry, and the epidemic brought huge changes to people's lifestyles. However, although the closure of restaurants, school and company canteens has led to a decrease in the amount of food waste generated, the amount of food waste generated by cooking at home has increased. However, considering that the amount of food waste from eating out is higher than the amount of food waste generated from cooking at home, Therefore, my country's overall food waste generation will increase in 2020, reaching 127.75 million tons. In 2021, people's lives will gradually return to normal, so the generation of food waste will continue to increase.
Our country is the country with the best epidemic control in the world. At the end of 2020, our country's economic and industrial development has gradually recovered, and people's daily lives are on track. With the rapid development of my country's "takeaway" economy, assuming that the annual compound growth rate of food waste generation in my country remains unchanged during 2021-2026, that is, the annual compound growth rate of 2015-2020 is maintained at 6.16%, then my country's 2021 The generation of food waste has increased to 135 million tons; in 2026, my country's food waste generation can reach 180 million tons.
According to the [Current Status and Development Trends of China’s Food Waste Treatment Market in 2020: Third- and Fourth-tier Cities and Counties with Great Development Potential] released by the National Energy Information Platform, from 2018 to early April 2021, my country’s disclosed newly planned restaurants Kitchen waste treatment projects are growing rapidly. In 2019, my country has 22 new food waste treatment projects under preparation, 5 more than in 2018. Among them, the investment amount of some projects is as high as 1.2 billion yuan. In 2020, my country has 24 new food waste treatment projects under preparation, an increase of 2 compared with 2019. Due to the special circumstances of the epidemic in 2020, just comparing the situation in 2019 and 2021, from January to April 2021, there have been 11 new food waste treatment projects in my country, which is equivalent to the number of new food waste treatment projects in 2019. 50% of the preparation project.
With the increase in urbanization rate, the development area of ​​my country's food waste treatment industry has gradually expanded, which has also promoted the expansion of the total food waste treatment market. Data shows that in 2019, my country's urbanization rate exceeded 60%.
On the other hand, the kitchen processing market in first-tier cities and provincial capital cities is gradually saturated, and the number of new projects is shifting to central and northwest China. Data show that from 2019 to March 2020, among the new food waste treatment projects in my country, Central China and Northwest China had the most new projects, with an increase of 7 projects each; followed by North China and East China, both with an increase of 6 projects .