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WHAT ARE OXO-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS ? 
THESE ARE PLASTIC MATERIALS , GENERALLY TRADITIONAL , THAT UNDERGO A TWO STEP DEGRADATION, INITIALLY BY AN OXIDATIVE PROCESS THAT IS PROMOTED BY THE INCLUSION OF CATALYTIC ADDITIVES & SUBSEQUENTLY BY BIODEGRADATION .OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION IS EITHER BY HEAT OR SUNLIGHT .THIS DEGRADATION CONTINUES & POLYTHENE MOLECULES BECOMES VERY SMALL & MICROBIAL DEGRADATION TAKES PLACE .IN OTHER WORDS THESE PLASTICS ARE ENGINEERED TO FIRST OXIDIZE THE POLYTHENE , THEN BIODEGRADE THE OXIDIZED FRAGMENTS .
Why are OXO-BIODEGRADABLE’S used?
The products made from these include things like grocery and garbage bags, food wraps and liners for diapers which, after use, are discarded. The properties that make these products useful also cause them to persist in the environment. OBP’s offer essentially the same properties as the untreated polyolefins but degrade into a form that is safely absorbed into the ecosystem in a timeframe that is similar to that of “natural” products such as straw, Kraft paper and leaves.
Are Oxo –Biodegradables’s used now?
Yes. End users are adopting OBP’s as an effective and economical way to offer their customers an environmentally responsible packaging, covering or carrying material. Currently, they are used in over thirty countries. By way of example, they are used as carrier bags by major European grocery chains and as landfill covers in North America.
Are Oxo-Biodegradable Bags manufactured in Sri Lanka ?
Yes . We Plastic Pakaging Pte Ltd started manufacturing & exporting these bags to UK in 2003 after doing research for more than 3 years . Thereafter Millions of these bags have been exported to UK , Australia , Malta from Sri Lanka . These bags include Bin Liners range , Refuse sacks , Vest Carriers to Supermarkets in these countries .
Is Biodegradable bags available in Sri Lanka?
PPP-Plastic Pakaging Pte Ltd promotes the manufacturing of Bio-degradable bags in Sri Lanka & also provides the technology to other factories free of charge . There are more than 15 companies using biodegradable bags in Sri Lanka within a short period of 24 months .
This is a result of promoting the OBP’S by way of conducting presentations to the public , companies who are interested to know about the Biodegradable bags . Also we have distributed more than 300,000 biodegradable bags & food wrapping sheets to the public free of charge through newspapers as a promotion of the bag & requested them to see whether the bags are degrading .
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