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Common views on bioplastics

The industry, which uses words like "sustainable", "biodegradeable", "compostable" and "recyclable" to portray its products, says bioplastics make carbon savings of 30-80% compared with normal oil-based plastics and can extend the shelf-life of food.

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STOCK OXO-DEGRADABLE BAGS

Degradable bags occupy an awkward nevertheless increasingly technical corner of the packaging trade; the debate is no longer confined to colour or gauge, nevertheless to how the film behaves below load, in stockholding, and at stop of life. Brown and white grades tend to be specified for entirely practical reasonslight transmission, product presentation, pollution visibilityyet the more fascinating engineering lies in the resin formulation itself, where chain architecture, melt-flow consistency and controlled additive dispersion govern whether a bag will dash cleanly on the conversion line without compromising seam strength or puncture resistance. In warehouse use, that balance matters: a sack that degrades also readily can undermine pallet stability and secondary bagging performance, while an overbuilt film simply adds tare weight and dilutes volumetric efficiency across a consignment. The more credible developments have so centred on mono-material polythene suppliers structures designed to maintain predictable handling properties while enabling managed breakdown pathways below defined conditions; that come does not remove the wider argument above feedstock sustainability, nevertheless it does reflect the industrial reality that pack formats must still satisfy select-face efficiency, storage duration and line-speed requirements before any circular-economy claim carries much weight.

Biodegradable Bags in Roll

Biodegradable bags provided on the roll for fruit and vegetable operations sit at an awkward intersection of manufacture handling, line efficiency and stop-of-life claims. On the packhouse floor, the bag is not merely a wrapper; it has to open cleanly on wicketing equipment or dispenser spindles, tolerate damp manufacture with strange edges, and maintain enough puncture resistance at low micron gauges to avoid excessive secondary bagging at the select-face. That immediately becomes a materials question: polymer chain behaviour, seal integrity and surface slip all govern whether the film runs consistently or snatches, particularly where condensation and chilled stock upset coefficient-of-friction assumptions. There is also the blunt logistical reality that a lighter-gauged format improves volumetric efficiency and trims tare weight across a consignment, yet if downgauging is pursued without regard to melt-flow consistency or load dispersion, pallet stability and in-store handling suffer. The more credible developments have tended to favour tightly controlled film conversion and clearly defined waste-stream compatibility rather than vague environmental posturingbecause a bag that enters service with erratic thickness, poor seal creep or uncertain compostability simply shifts friction from the resin stage to the warehouse and, ultimately, to disposal.

Why Degradable or Biodegradable bags/film?

Conventional plastics do not break down. Litter and landfill waste take years, even decades, to degrade. Litter is visual pollution, an eyesore that regulations and educational programs have failed to eliminate. In landfills, not only do ordinary plastics degrade very slowly but also anything contained within them may not reach their full degradation potential. This results in a needless waste of valuable landfill space.
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What is biodegradable

Biodegradation is the process by which organic substances are broken down by the enzymes produced by living organisms. The term is often used in relation to ecology, waste management and environmental remediation (bioremediation). Organic material can be degraded aerobically, with oxygen, or anaerobically, without oxygen. A term related to biodegradation is biomineralisation, in which organic matter is converted into minerals.

Biodegradable matter is generally organic material such as plant and animal matter and other substances originating from living organisms, or artificial materials that are similar enough to plant and animal matter to be put to use by microorganisms. Some microorganisms have the astonishing, naturally occurring, microbial catabolic diversity to degrade, transform or accumulate a huge range of compounds including hydrocarbons (e.g. oil), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pharmaceutical substances, radionuclides and metals. Major methodological breakthroughs in microbial biodegradation have enabled detailed genomic, metagenomic, proteomic, bioinformatic and other high-throughput analyses of environmentally relevant microorganisms providing unprecedented insights into key biodegradative pathways and the ability of microorganisms to adapt to changing environmental conditions.
Source: Wikipedia.

Degradable vs. Biodegradable vs. Compostable

Compostable Plastic is plastic which is:

capable of undergoing biological decomposition in a compost site as part of an available program, such that the plastic is not visually distinguishable and breaks down to carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds, and biomass, at a rate consistent with known compostable materials (e.g. cellulose). and leaves no toxic residue.
American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM).

In order for a plastic to be called compostable, three criteria need to be met:

Biodegrade - break down into carbon dioxide, water, biomass at the same rate as cellulose (paper).
Disintegrate - the material is indistinguishable in the compost, that it is not visible and needs to be screened out.
Eco-toxicity - the biodegradation does not produce any toxic material and the compost can support plant growth.

Biodegradable Plastic

Biodegradable Plastic is plastic which will degrade from the action of naturally occurring microorganism, such as bacteria, fungi etc. over a period of time. Note, that there is no requirement for leaving "no toxic residue", and as well as no requirement for the time it needs to take to biodegrade.

Degradable Plastic

Degradable Plastic is plastic which will undergo a significant change in its chemical structure under specific environmental conditions resulting in a loss of some properties. Please note that there is no requirement that the plastic has to be degrade from the action of "naturally occurring microorganism" or any of the other criteria required for compostable plastics.

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A plastic therefore may be degradable but not biodegradable or it may be biodegradable but not compostable (that is, it breaks down too slowly to be called compostable or leaves toxic residue).

Bioplastics

Bioplastics can take different length of times to totally compost, based on the material and are meant to be composted in a commercial composting facility, where higher composting temperatures can be reached and is between 90-180 days. Most existing international standards require biodegradation of 60% within 180 days along with certain other criteria for the resin or product to be called compostable. It is also important to make the distinction between degradable vs. biodegradable vs. compostable as often these terms are used interchangeably.

Biodegradable or Biodegradeable?

It is very common to misspell biodegradable as biodegradeable (please take note yourself as some of our domains are actually misspelt!) and the same happens with degradable as degradeable. In fact when written down the word biodegradable often looks like an incorrect spelling and has been known to be corrected to biodegradeable by some overzealous and missinformed editors. So, now you know if someone tells you otherwise stick out your guns!

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Green is the new black

Recycling label The choice of packaging used by e-commerce retailers and how well this demonstrates a consideration for the environment affects the purchasing decisions of consumers, according to a packaging survey.

Research by strategic logistics partner Dotcom Distribution revealed that 60% of consumers think it is either important or very important that a retailer's packaging is sustainable.

Their 2013 e-Commerce Packaging Survey found that retailers who demonstrate sustainability is a priority are perceived as environmentally friendly, whilst customers themselves like to be seen as environmentally-conscious when deciding on where to shop and what to buy.

"It's clear that a retailer's packaging choice can have repercussions", said Maria Haggerty, president of Dotcom Distribution. "The results of this study show that packaging is not to be overlooked or underestimated for its possible impact on a brand."

Source: Dotcom Distribution 2013 eCommerce Packaging Survey - 'Brown Boxes Don't Deliver for Brands'

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