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OPA Response to FPA (Flexible Packaging Association) on Oxo-Biodegradable Additives - July 2010

Advertising standards authority rules in favour of d2w plastic - April 2010

OPA Member responds to Loughborough Report - March 2010

COMMENT BY PROFESSOR GERALD SCOTT ON EVO4221 "Assessing the environmental impacts of Oxo-degradable plastics across their life-cycle" - March 2010

STATEMENT BY PROFESSOR TELMO OJEDA on LOUGHBOROUGH REPORT - March 2010

New Position-Paper on Incineration

OPA response to AFOR (formerly the Composting Association) - March 2010

OPA response to SPI Bioplastics Council (SPIBC) regarding biodegradability of plastics containing oxo-biodegradable additives - February 2010

Leading environmentalist backs degradable plastics - February 2010

Important oxo-biodegradable statement from the respected laboratory, Smithers RAPRA - February 2010

Comments by Professor Gerald Scott on "Performance Evaluation of Environmentally Degradable Plastic Packaging and Disposable food Service Ware - Final Report" - California State University for CIWMB - May 2007

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The Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association exists to provide information to encourage greater understanding of oxo-biodegradable plastic technology and the role it can play in protecting the environment for future generations. The Association continues to grow - it now has 87 members in 72 countries. Members are manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and commercial end-users of oxo-biodegradable plastic. It is proud to have on its Scientific Advisory Board some of the world's most distinguished experts in this field of chemistry.

Oxo-biodegradable plastic technology provides the safest, most cost-effective method of degrading plastic, with control over the degradation time.

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Plastic is a familiar component of modern living, used in all sorts of packaging and household and commercial applications. Whilst the benefits of low cost, light weight, strength, imperviousness to gas and water, transparency, sealability, and printability are highly regarded, the very strength and durability which makes plastic such a useful and economic material can be a major problem when disposal is required. Plastic waste can accumulate in the environment for decades.

Science has now found the solution to this problem: Oxo-biodegradable plastic.


The Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association is a member of ASTM International