Agricultural Film I have been reading an article in “Nature Communications” by some researchers in Zurich who say “Using biodegradable instead of conventional plastics in agricultural applications promises to help

Readers of this column will recall that the UK Dept for the Environment (DEFRA) and the Dept. for Business (BEIS) claimed in their response to their 2019 consultation on Standards for Bio-based,

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.

Microplastics The EU Commission has just released a draft proposal on restricting intentionally-added microplastics from various packaging, cosmetics, sports pitches and other general materials. The BPA had responded to the

Recycling The BPA has just published a revised and very detailed paper on recycling of plastics, showing clearly that d2w biodegradable PE and PP products can be safely recycled into

DEFRA Readers of this column will recall that the UK Dept for the Environment (DEFRA) said in their response to their 2019 consultation on Standards for Bio-based, Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics, that “There

INTRODUCTIONThe Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association (OPA) exists to provide information to encouragegreater understanding of oxo-biodegradable plastic technology and how it can protect theenvironment for future generations. There are 1,602 members of