d2w® Green Supply Chain is fully integrated and capable of supplying all ranges of oxo-biodegradable plastic products, covering some rigid packaging and most of the flexible packaging. A well established supply chain of all authorized factories of degradable plastics, we have very close contacts in the country that matters most in our industry: China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

We supply our buyers and customers with exclusive products, and many of them are created by our own Asian designers (see Custom Design). We ship them from our own stock or directly from our factories in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Order Factory Direct, the containers will come your way directly from China without any hassle or red tape. That is because we take care of all contacts and formalities.

Why?

This degrades by a process of oxo-biodegradation, initiated by an additive which reduces the molecular weight of the material over a pre-determined period.

The plastic does not just fragment, but is consumed by micro-organisms after the additive has reduced the molecular weight to sub 40,000 Daltons, and it is therefore "biodegradable." This process continues until the material has biodegraded to nothing more than CO2, water, humus, and trace elements. Oxo-biodegradable plastics are made from a by-product of oil refining which would otherwise be wasted. Oil is a finite resource, but the by-product is available because the world will need fuel for engines for the foreseeable future.

There is little or no additional cost, as it can be made with the same machinery and workforce as conventional plastic. The time taken to degrade can be 'programmed' to a few months or a few years, and until the plastic degrades it has the same strength and other characteristics as conventional plastic. Products are protected from degradation by antioxidants until ready for use, and storage-life is extended by cool, dark conditions. Go to Document Library Page

If people want to incinerate oxo-biodegradable products with heat recovery, or recycle them, or re-use them, then that can be done. The key point is what happens to the plastic which is not collected, and gets into the environment as litter. Conventional plastic will subsist in the environment for many decades, but oxo-biodegradable will degrade in a short time leaving no harmful residues.

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