EPI Environmental Products Inc., developers of of technology that accelerates the plastic biodegrading process, today applauded the latest study by the United Kingdom’s Environmental Agency (EA) that finds plastic bags are negatively targeted as being environmentally unfriendly.
Entitled the “Life Cycle Assessment of Supermarket Carrier Bags,” the report concludes that the lightweight, commonly used plastic carrier bags are not the environmental villain that they are often made out to be.
… Full text: www.polymer-age.co.uk/x/guideArchiveArticle.html?id=34794
Contact
Weronika Stepien
Phone: (+1)-604 738 6281
E-mail: weronikastepien@epi-global.com
Tags: TDPA (Totally Degradable Plastic Additive), environmental impact, degradation, municipal bans
Source
British Plastic and Rubber News, 2012-07-01.
Supplier
Environment Agency
EPI Environmental Products Inc.
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