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Enzymoplast submits evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee - read article »

May 8th, 2013 - Plastic pollutant on beaches and in oceans around the world - read article »

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October, 2013 (Added) - The terms “degradable”, “biodegradable”, “oxo-degradable”, “oxo-biodegradable”, “thermo-degradable” and others are often used... - read article »

September 13th, 2013 - EuPC calls on legislator to support separate collection of degradable plastics and ban oxo-fragmentable plastics / Test results show detrimental effect on recycled PE - read article »

September 10th, 2013 - EuPC calls for ban on oxo-fragmentable plastics - read article »

August 1st, 2013 - The case against oxo-degradables - read article »

May 16th, 2013 - Plastik-Horror vor dem Aus? - read article »

March 15th, 2013 - UAE Bans All Non-Biodegradable Bags - read article »

April 5th, 2013 - The great recycling con trick: How 12million tons of your carefully sorted waste is being dumped in foreign landfill sites - read article »

April 2nd 2013 - Waste to Energy Plant Helps Hawaii Tackle Marine Waste - watch video »

2013 - Waste Management Key to Cleaning up Oceans - read article »

2013 - Potočnik: Send Plastics for Recycling Not Energy Recovery - read article »

August 18th, 2011 -Tesco quietly drops controversial biodegrable plastic carrier bagss - download pdf »

February 18th, 2013 - Frontline Online: Plastic not-so-fantastic - read article »

February 18th, 2013 - Symphony attacks ‘absurd’ Californian marketing ban on oxo-bio plastics - read article »

January 2011 - Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Oxo-degradable Plastics Across Their Life Cycle - download pdf »

 

 

 

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