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Jimb2 and the importance compared to this imagination product is zero and indeed anything.
No Product no news simple
well you do get news same as that been going on since this concept in 1980 then bought out by INSP that its the same news repeated no product ; and imagination friends to help.

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Foundation, called for a ban as long ago as 2017 that was reiterated in 2018 . That is attached. We
wish to remind you of the call from the Foundation and reiterate it ourselves here. [The BBIA do not however mention that the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed in its 2017 report that oxo- biodegradable plastics simply created microplastics, but after meeting with Symphony Environmental they withdrew that claim and accepted in their 2019 report that they can degrade faster than ordinary plastics and are biodegradable. It is also notable that many of the signatories are bio-based plastics companies from whom EMF has received funding, or lobby organisations (eg BBIA, European Bioplastics, Australasian Bioplastics, and BPI) working on their behalf. Among the others are multinational companies whose products bearing their brand names are found littering the oceans and beaches all over the world, and who need to stop using ordinary plastic.]
Whilst we in the UK are ourselves introducing national bans on single use plastics [This needs to be reconsidered, because COVID-19 has shown that single-use plastic is vital for protecting people and their food from microbial contamination. Instead of being banned, single-use plastic should be made with anti-microbial technology13and should also be made oxo-biodegradable in case it escapes into the open environment.]
Now is the time to also ban the scourge of plastic fragments deriving from oxo additives. We hope you will act quickly to implement this ban in the UK without further delay and respect the undertaking the UK voted for when this issue was raised in the EU. [BBIA have admitted above that the plastic fragments found in the environment are coming from conventional plastics and that they build up over many years in oceans and in soil.
11 See also https://www.biodeg.org/oregon-composters-dont-want-compostable-packaging/ 12 https://www.newplasticseconomy.org/about/publications/oxo-statement
13 See www.d2p.net
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term “biodegradable” in advertising, but oxo-biodegradable plastics are not banned in California or any other State, and are widely used in the USA].
Why should this ban be implemented now? As the UK is now in the process of revising legislation on the use of plastic packaging, now is the time to act. [Now is the time to declare that the SUP Directive will not be implemented insofar as it relates to oxo-biodegradable plastic].
Overwhelming scientific evidence, including research commissioned by DEFRA3 and the EU, has demonstrated beyond doubt that claims that prodegradant additives transform polyolefin plastics into biodegradable plastics are unfounded. [This is not correct. It is well understood that prodegradant additives do accelerate the reduction of molecular-weight so as to transform polyolefin plastics into biodegradable plastics. Today the disagreement is only about rate and extent, though nobody doubts that oxo-biodegradable plastic will become biodegradable much more quickly than ordinary plastic in the open environment with access to oxygen. There is therefore no “overwhelming evidence” that these claims are unfounded].
An independent review of the scientific evidence conducted by Peter Susman QC in 20194 at the request of Symphony Environmental concluded that:
? oxo-biodegradable technology does facilitate the ultimate biodegradation of plastics in air or seawater by bacteria, fungi or algae, within a reasonable time, so as to cause the plastic to cease to exist as such, far sooner than ordinary plastics, without causing any toxicity; and
? the benefit is obvious of reducing future contributions to the scourge of plastic pollution of land and sea”
See also the paper published subsequently by Queen Mary University London5]
It is scientifically well-known that all polyolefin plastics are naturally prone to oxidation under environmental conditions (aging). Such oxidation ultimately leads to fragmentation and formation of microplastics, which build up in oceans and in soil. [Correct – and this is why oxo-biodegradable

[There is a procedure, set out in the REACH Regulation, designed to prevent arbitrary and commercially or politically motivated action, which must be complied with before any substance can be banned in the EU. Article 5 is the result of lobbying in Brussels by the German and Italian bio- based plastic companies, which has led the EU to ignore its own rules and to deprive citizens of their right to conduct a lawful business without due process.
The Commission commenced this procedure by asking the European Chemicals Agency [ECHA] to investigate on the basis that oxo-biodegradable plastic (which they called oxo-degradable plastic) creates microplastics. Ten months into the study ECHA declared that they were not convinced that microplastics are formed. Thereupon the Commission terminated the ECHA enquiry and the Parliament and Council imposed a ban without any scientific dossier from ECHA. They thereby deprived the oxo-biodegradable industry of all the safeguards against arbitrary conduct which REACH provides, including a review by two committees and a public consultation. This is the European Union at its worst, and what they have done is unconstitutional.]
Whilst the UK has left the EU we have retained the ambition to achieve at least the equivalent of European environmental norms. [but we no longer have to implement arbitrary laws enacted in breach of the EU’s fundamental norms, and without any justification from their own scientific experts]
At the same time, were the UK to allow these plastics, anything containing them or packaged in them could not be exported to EU markets. [Correct, unless the Directive is declared invalid by the EU courts before it comes into force in 2021, as it could well be, but that is no reason for banning them in the UK. By contrast no plastics, or anything containing them or packaged in them could be exported to countries in the Middle-East and Asia where oxo-biodegradable plastic is mandatory]
The ban on the use of oxo additives regards not just the EU. The USA also has effectively stopped the sale of such additives by adjudging that the use of marketing terms such as biodegradable for plastics using these additives is considered misleading. [This is not correct. California restricts the use of the
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variously known
as “oxo degradable”, “oxo biodegradable” “oxo fragmentable” “bio-assimilable” but the definitions are
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[The definitions are to be found in CEN TR15351. The BBIA has the word British in its name but it is the UK trade association for the bio-based plastics industry, which comprises predominantly German and Italian companies, and it is important to ask why they have assembled this consortium against
1 We refer to any plastics to which additives are put in the master batches which disintegrate plastics into fragments and microplastics and which are not certified as “biodegradable” under the standards recognised within UK law such as BSI 13432, BSI 14995, BSI 17033. [The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court has ruled on 11th November 2019 that it is deceptive to describe plastic tested to these standards as biodegradable, because they are not biodegradable except in the special conditions found in an industrial composting facility. Oxo-biodegradable plastics are certified according to ASTM D6954].
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oxo-biodegradable plastic. This needs to be understood as part of a concerted lobbying and PR campaign over nearly 20 years by the bio-based plastics industry, upon which they must by now have spent millions of Euros.
They are obviously not spending this money and making all this effort to protect the environment – they are doing it because they (mistakenly) see oxo-biodegradable plastic as a threat to their market share. Their actions are fundamentally anti-competitive, and are designed to stifle a competing technology. Worse still - if they succeed they will have deprived policymakers of a technology which could be used to deal with plastic which has escaped into the open environment, from which it cannot be collected for recycling, composting, or anything else.]
The UK voted for the European Single Use Plastics Directive (Directive 2019/904 https://eurlex. europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32019L0904&from=EN ) which includes the clause at Article 5 that “Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of the single-use plastic products listed in Part B of the Annex and of products made from oxo-degradable plastic.”

Putting in place an ongoing arrangement with the private sector – this will be vital to provide capacity to respond to the backlog of treatment.
A review of the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS and social care workforce given the unprecedented pressure staff have been under
A delay in returning to the inspection regime of the CQC to take into account the positive changes that have been achieved as a result of the lighter touch approach to regulation that has been in place during the pandemic.
A commitment to acknowledge and address health inequalities wherever possible through upcoming guidance and policy reform.
Clarity over when there will be a return the greater autonomy local organisations had before COVID-19 returned, as we move from Level 4 to Level 3. This should be considered as part of a wider move to less central command and control when the pandemic has subsided.
A call for assurance that there will be a fully operational and robust test, track and trace system, as well as appropriate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE),as services are resumed.
The NHS Confederation has published its report ahead of updated guidance from NHS England and NHS Improvement on how the next phase of the NHS response to the pandemic will be managed.

Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said:

“NHS leaders understand the need to ease lockdown and get the country ‘back to work’. Part of this will involve restarting diagnostic screening, routine operations, outpatient appointments and other care, but we need to do this safely. Our members are aware that the virus is still with us and of the real risks of outbreaks in care settings. That is why we need a robust plan, communicated clearly, and trace to make sure the NHS can prepare safely, protecting its staff, patients and the wider community as it does so.

“Political leaders have a vital role to play in reassuring the public that every step possible is being taken to manage the virus, while safely bringing back services that had to be paused. Retaining, public confidence and trust in the NHS will be vital over the next few months.

“The NHS wants to get back to providing these vital services - the virus has inflicted pain and suffering throughout the UK, but we also know the measures to combat it have come at a terrible cost to those who have not been able to access the care, treatment and support they need and to many whose conditions have gone undiagnosed.

There is a real determination to rise to this challenge, but it will need extra funding and capacity, not least in rehabilitation and recovery services in the community where so much of the coming demand will be felt.

“But we also need to send a clear message that it will take time to recover from this shock and we need patience and understanding and from politicians, assurances, support and realistic expectations. .”

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