Until recently there was no standard designed to certify oxo biodegradable plastic.
Plastico oxo degradable.
Tandard 8472 capable of measuring oxo biodegradation was published by the british standards institution in 2007.
Oxo degradable plastics are conventional polymers e g.
Spain announced plans to ban the sale of lightweight oxo degradable bags from 2018 onwards under a new law drafted by the spanish agriculture and environment ministry.
The draft also includes a minimum price on plastic bags above 15.
While the words bioplastic and biodegradable plastic are similar they are not synonymous.
However in july 2007 the french standards organisation afnor published xp t 54 980 which is a standard for oxo biodegradable plastics in agriculture.
Currently the european commission is considering a possible ban on oxo degradable carrier bags.
Los materiales oxo biodegradables se degradan en cualquier ambiente interior o exterior incluso en ausencia de agua.
Biodegradable plastics are plastics that can be decomposed by the action of living organisms usually microbes into water carbon dioxide and biomass.
Also in france a group of mps in the french national assembly have called for a similar ban.
The biodegradability of oxo degradable plastic in various environments environmental impacts in relation to littering and issues related to recycling.
1 the oxidation process enables a faster conversion of polymers into fragments.
Esto es un factor muy importante en relación a los residuos porque una elevada cantidad de residuos de plástico en tierra y en el mar no se pueden recoger o enterrar.
They are claimed to be biodegradable although not everyone agrees.
Ldpe to which chemicals are added to accelerate the oxidation and fragmentation of the material under the action of uv light and or heat and oxygen.
The law implements an eu directive to reduce the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags.
Oxo degradable plastics so called oxo biodegradables and other additive mediated plastics are not bioplastics products made with additive technology and available on the market include film applications such as shopping bags agricultural mulch films and most recently certain plastic bottles.
Experts from the plastics industry waste management and environment.
Within these areas a number of distinct hypotheses were defined relating to claims and assumptions from the oxo degradable industry about the material.
Biodegradable plastics are commonly produced with renewable raw materials micro organisms petrochemicals or combinations of all three.
