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The government has confirmed in the Queen’s Speech today that it will introduce a charge on all plastic carrier bags given away by the major retailers in England from October 2015 saying that this is necessary in order to address the blight of discarded plastic bags in our towns and countryside.

Wells Plastics response to this is that oxo-biodegradable plastic bags can be recycled in the normal manner without any need to be separated and that there is evidence to support this.

On Saturday 26th April John James, Export Manager of Wells Plastics gave a presentation entitled “Plastic flexible packaging waste management – a cost effective solution” at a one day conference “Innovations in Plastics for Packaging” organised by the Indian Institute of Packaging in Mumbai, India.

The benefits of using of Reverte^TM oxo-biodegradable technology was discussed on Lebanese national television recently. Mr. R Jaafar, CEO of Positive Plastics, Reverte^TM distributor in Lebanon, was interviewed and during this he explained how the technology works, the type of products that it can be used in..

Wells Plastics Ltd organised a presentation evening at Claridges Hotel in New Delhi to launch their Reverte™ oxo-biodegradable technology for Flexible Packaging. The event was attended by a select group of senior professionals from the flexible packaging industry, and FMCG producers from around India.

Bio-Plastic and Wells are now pleased to announce that Reverte^TM oxo-biodegradable bags are recognized and can be certified with the Green Label seal, endorsed by the Singapore Green Labelling Scheme (SGLS)

Wells Plastics Limited welcomes the speech by Owen Paterson, Minister in charge of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, this week at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester regarding his comments about working with industry in order to set a new standard for biodegradable carrier bags and exempting them from the proposed tax.

Wells Plastics and Simpexco participated in the 11th Plast & Pack Pakistan Exhibition held at The Expo Centre Lahore, Pakistan from 5th – 7th September 2013. This was the first time Wells has taken part in an exhibition in Pakistan and it was seen as an important opportunity for the many visitors to the stand to learn more about Reverte^TM Oxo-biodegradable technology