Abstract:In this paper, Guangzhou University as example, the ecological impact of disposable tableware and public tableware was quantitatively analyzed and compared by calculated theirs ecological footprint. Firstly, the consumption of material and energy used in making disposable and public tableware were analyzed. The tableware used in Guangzhou University canteen includes plastic tableware, stainless steel tableware, wooden chopsticks and bamboo chopsticks. The resource consumption includes ethylene, steel, wood and bamboo.Their footprint belong fossil energy footprint and forest footprint. And then, the resource consumption of clean for public tableware was investigated. It main include the electricity consumption of water, power and waste water treatment. Its footprint belong fossil energy footprint and arable land footprint. Finally, the ecological footprint of disposable tableware and public tableware (only use one year) was calculated on basis of different tableware match in college canteen. The results show that the footprint of public tableware match is 3.7236×10-3gm2, disposable table ware match (using bamboo chopsticks) is 2.2085×10-2 gm2 and disposable table ware match (using wooden chopsticks) is 9.3781×10-2gm2.The ecological footprint of public tableware is about 3.97%-16.8% of disposable tableware. In addition, because the footprint of bamboo chopsticks is 23.55% of wooden chopsticks, using bamboo chopsticks can effectively reduce the ecological impact of disposable tableware.