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During Plastindia, which takes place every 3 years and has become the second largest plastics exhibition in the world, there was considerable interest expressed in The Reverte^TM oxo-biodegradable additive family which are well suited to a wide range of processes and applications and which has been used for many years to provide a reliable and reproducible oxo-biodegradable profile around the world.

Wells Plastics partners in Russia, Comipack LLC, have once again this year taken part in the Interplastica show held in Moscow. Interplastica, held every January, is widely regarded as Russia's leading platform for Plastics technology and draws exhibitors and visitors both from across the country and around the globe.

Andrew Barclay, Technical Director of Wells Plastics Ltd in his capacity as Chairman of the Bio-based And Degradable Plastics Group (British Plastics Federation) will be presenting at the ‘Plastics and the Environment’ conference held by the Association of Hellenic Plastic Industries (AHPI) in Athens, Greece.

In March 2010 the UK Dept of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published a report, EV0422, 'Assessing the environmental impacts of oxo-degradable plastics across their life cycle' written by researchers at Loughborough University with no expertise in oxo-biodegradable (“OBD”) plastic technology. Its publication raised a number of concerns for those who specialise in the technology.

Wells Plastics Limited and Obipack Plastick Film San A.S (Exclusive distributor of ReverteTM for the Turkish marketplace) attended the extremely successful Eurasia Packaging 2011 in Istanbul to promote Reverte^TM and the use of Reverte^TM in oxo-biodegradable applications ranging from check out bags to more complex structures used in the packaging industry.

The regrettable reaction by Tesco to unwarranted greenwash pressure and the uninformed, almost hysterical reactions from sections of the media, the general public and even a government sponsored quango, demonstrate just how poorly informed Tesco’s customers are when it comes to plastic bag issues in general and oxo-biodegradable bags in particular.

The Times newspaper (29/07/11, p28) carried an article headed “Supermarkets may be banned from supplying free plastic bags”. Within this article it was stated that after a massive reduction from the 2006 figure of 11 billion bags to 6.1 billion in 2009, 2010 saw an increase to 6.8 billion.

This presentation will discuss the current accepted standards and demonstrate, through independently tested product, how polyethylene film containing Reverte^TM meets the requirements of abiotic degradation, biodegradation and ecotoxicty as defined by ASTM D6954-04.