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lastiphobia, Singapore, Compostable Plastics, Doorknobs and Carbios
BY MICHAEL STEPHEN
March 10, 2020
Michael Stephen, an international expert on bioplastics, shares his thoughts and opinion on important issues impacting the bioplastics industry. Today, Michael writes about what is driving plastiphobia, modish fads, Singapore, compostable plastics, plastic doorknobs and Carbios.
What is driving Plastiphobia?
Listen to this really clear explanation of why the anti-plastic panic is hurting us. Click here to listen to the podcast
Modish fads
In an article in The Daily Telegraph on 8th March, Tom Welch points out that due to the Coronavirus epidemic “Other modish fads have been abandoned. Starbucks has now banned those re-usable cups we were all told were the future, in favour of disposable ones; with experts saying that controlling disease should be given greater priority than environmental concerns. Will plastic shopper bags make a comeback too? Hygiene has always been one of the arguments in their favour, given that people rarely wash the re-usable alternatives.”
Singapore Likes Oxo-Bio
A Green Label (no.067-010-3575) has been awarded for Oxo-biodegradable Plastic Products by the Singapore Environment Council, for carrier bags containing Symphony’s d2w masterbatch.
The Green Label Category for Oxo-biodegradable Plastic Products establishes grading criteria on environmental, health and performance parameters for plastic products that biodegrade in the open environment owing to the inclusion of a pro-degrading additive during manufacture. The standard includes product-specific environmental and health prerequisites, such as reduced eco-toxicity and toxicity to humans. See Link
The Singapore Green Label is a seal of endorsement of environmentally-friendly claims to prevent the abuse of green-washing. This has proved to be advantageous for Green Label certified products that have become more marketable and readily accepted by consumers or businesses when making a purchase.
The SEC is a member of the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN). Comprising 25 other member countries from various parts of the world, GEN allows for SGLS endorsed products to be more recognised and accepted by other member countries of the Eco-labelling network.
“Compostable” Plastic
2020 has been a really bad year already for the “compostable” plastics industry. Remember that these plastics do not convert into compost – they convert into CO2 (EN13432 and ASTM D6400). Also they don’t solve the problem of plastic waste which has escaped into the environment, because you first have to collect them and take them to an industrial composting plant.
Worse still, the industrial composters and waste-managers don’t want them. First the composters of Oregon, then the City of Exeter, then the Suez waste management company. This was followed by a damning TV documentary from the Netherlands showing that “compostable” plastic is actually sent to landfill, (Documentary T
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