Plastics are amazing materials. Lightweight and sturdy, they can be as tough as a Kevlar vest or as flexible as a sandwich bag. Plastics are in everything from cars to clothes — and they’re often cheap to make. About 8.3 billion metric tons (18.3 trillion pounds) of plastic have been produced to date. That’s nearly 1,400 times the weight of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Some of that plastic is still in use. But about 5.8 billion metric tons (12.8 trillion pounds) have been discarded — about 970 Great Pyramids’ worth.
All that plastic trash is an environmental scourge. Only about 9 percent of plastic waste has been recycled. Another 12 percent has been burned. The remaining 79% wound up in landfills or in nature. And that plastic takes a long time to decay. A single Lego block may take centuries to break down.
Biome Technologies plc is a growth oriented, commercially driven technology group. The Group’s primary activity is the development of its fast growing business in bioplastics. The Group comprises two divisions: Biome Bioplastics and Stanelco RF Technologies.
