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Category: Waste recycling

Clarification required regarding compostable plastics.

Posted on December 6, 2021

Oil-based plastic films are not edible by micro-organisms, so when left as litter does not degrade. In contrast plastic plant-based films classified as compostable break down in contact with the soil, in what is a low temperature rotting process. These …

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Developments in biodegradable food packaging

Posted on January 20, 2021

Two issues are being hotly debated at present, the amount of fresh food being wasted, and the pollution caused by oil-based plastic films. A large part of the solution to both is the development of biodegradable packaging. The use of …

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New Anaerobic Digester could improve Aberdeen’s household wastes collection system

Posted on February 28, 2019

The proposal to build an anaerobic digestor (AD) plant to digest food waste and create biogas offers an excellent opportunity for Aberdeen to improve its waste collection system. AD plants like good quality, uncontaminated, food waste. This is best collected …

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Biodegradable coffee cups

Posted on January 8, 2018

The proposed 25p tax on disposable coffee cups will reduce cup use, but not solve the basic problem . Plastic does not degrade if left lying on the ground. Microorganisms in nature cannot digest plastic’s long chain molecules.  They can …

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Waste recycling kerbside sort is best

Posted on February 24, 2017

In December 2016, WRAP, the Waste and Resources Action Plan, a government body, produced their “Harmonised Recycling Collections Costs Project”, for three areas in Wales, an Urban Authority, a Rural Authority and a Valley Authority. This showed that the kerbside …

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