Oxo-degradation : A Simmering Debate

Last update on Aug 31, 2016

Few plastics additives attract as much controversy within the plastics industry as oxo-degradable products. The war of words within the plastics and bioplastics industry regarding the use of Hydro-Biodegradable Plastics (HBP) versus Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics (OBP) continues.

For suppliers of additives that make polymers degradable, the technology provides a valid and important weapon in the war against litter. For their opponents, oxo-degradation at best leads to confusion in the biodegradability market and at worst will produce lasting damage to the entire bioplastics industry while also negatively affecting the viability of mechanical recycling.

Various trade bodies, organizations, universities, environmentalists and industry experts have weighed-in leveling a series of negative allegations regarding sectors of the bioplastics industry, with suppliers and technology companies on both sides of the issue entering the fray.

Biodegradable Plastic Types Under Debate

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