I have noticed that a few stakeholders are still being influenced against oxo-biodegradable plastic by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) report of November 2017, and by the “Oxo-Statement” on their website.
EMF say that “This report was originally published on 6 November 2017. In June 2018 the report was temporarily removed whilst the Foundation investigated queries raised by a third party.” The third party was Symphony Environmental, who had engaged lawyers to point out to EMF that their report was inaccurate and deceptive. A meeting was held at which it was discovered that the author of the report is not a scientist, and that he had misunderstood the scientific papers which he had cited. He had not carried out any scientific research, and the report was based entirely on a selective literature review.
Symphony Environmental Technologies plc (LON:SYM) is a world leader in the development of additives to make ordinary plastic biodegradable and protective technologies to enhance plastic products.