Symphony Environmental d2w

  • 14 years ago
Plastic is a very useful material which is indispensible for modern life, but the problem is that it can lie or float around for decades if it gets into the environment. Symphony has developed a low-cost insurance. It is a special formulation called d2w which is added to the plastic when it is being made. It breaks the molecular chains within the polymer, and makes plastic self-destruct in the presence of oxygen on land or water at the end of its service-life, but until then it has no effect on the product, which can be re-used many times. d2w plastic can be made to biodegrade from as little as six months onwards, leaving no fragments nor heavy metals, and without emitting methane, even when buried in landfill. It can be recycled with normal plastics or incinerated for energy-recovery. d2w is certified safe for food-contact and has been proved not to be eco-toxic. When d2w plastics reach the fragmentation stage they are no longer plastic.

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