Ben Richardson, CEO at SulNOx, confident they can cost-effectively decarbonise commercial shipping. Watch the video here.
Whilst Symphony would welcome selling increased volumes of d2w in both the UK and continental Europe, approximately 90% of the Company's sales are currently generated outside the European Union into growing economies that have little to no recycling, composting or collection systems.
"d2w oxo-biodegradable additive technology is proven science, a drop-in process, simple to use, low cost solution that importantly does not affect the plastics original and beneficial purpose (for example, of protecting, containing or transporting other products). It has been scientifically proven to help reduce dwell-time of plastic that escapes recycling and ends up in the open environment. The increasing adoption of d2w is supported by more legislation for oxo-biodegradable solutions and also for business use, a positive Life Cycle Assessment showing it as the best environmental option. Symphony's d2w technology has been awarded an Eco-label (certified by ABNT), several international forums and leading plastic scientists have confirmed plastics made with d2w are biodegradable, non-toxic and recyclable."
..."considerable confusion as to the best options have been created by misleading media coverage and insufficient information being available which results in making the problem of pollution, food protection, health and the ability to recycle much worse. Guidance can be found through the Oxo-biodegradable Plastic Association website "Rethinking the future of plastics" at http://www.biodeg.org/page32.html. This paper has been endorsed by numerous top plastic scientists across the world"
actually its funny you mention re-usable plastic bags. re-usable? really? for how long? all the ones i have fall apart after a few trips to the supermarket, none in my "collection" are older than a year. and so much plastic for one bag. we really really need them to degrade they are ultimately useless.
hmmm? for the plastic bags that escape into the environment. plastic is used in much more than plastic bags u know, what about all that packaging for food etc. plastic has a downside, degradability. thats why i am invested here. check out d2p if you want a reason for plastic...its saving lives.
"Plastics exist for a reason: they cost comparatively little in terms of energy to produce, while providing big wins in hygiene, health and the reduction of food waste. If industry, government and consumers work together we can stamp out our waste problem. But let’s not throw the baby out with the plastic bath tub."
https://ecomyths.org/2014/05/27/myth-paper-bags-are-greener-than-plastic/
“Paper manufacturing is a highly energy-intensive process,†states the EPA’s summary of the paper industry’s environmental impact. It requires large amounts of water, energy, and chemicals, and can emit toxic and hazardous chemicals into air and water. The nation’s paper industry also generates more than 12 million tons of solid waste a year.
...."Trees can seem like a more benign source material than natural gas or oil. But converting hard wood into paper requires a resource-heavy pulping process, which the UK’s Environment Agency determined in its life cycle analysis (LCA) to be “significantly worse†than plastic in terms of its impact on human health and eco-toxicity (that’s LCA speak for stress on an ecosystem)."
full quote "The key to understanding the good, bad, and eco-ugly of both options—and therefore making the best decision as a consumer—explains Northwestern University’s Eric Masanet, PhD, is to consider the impact of each part of the product’s life cycle from cradle to grave. “The science shows that moving from plastic to paper is not necessarily ‘greener,'†he says. Instead, it may simply shift the environmental impact from decreasing litter to increasing resource use and greenhouse gas emissions."
"It is legitimate for the BBC reporter to question whether d2w technology actually works. To answer that question for ourselves and our customers we have commissioned scientific tests over more than 20 years so as to be quite sure that we would not be making misleading claims"