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Questions

1.- Why are you doing this?

2.- What are the environmental benefits of using degradable bags?

3.- What are degradable packaging films or carrier bags made of?

4.- How long does it take?

5.- How does the additive work?

6.- And if there isn’t any oxygen?

7.- What exactly happens – and what is left – when the packaging film or the bag degrades?

8.- Are they, therefore, biodegradable?

9.- So will it disintegrate in my kitchen drawer?

10.- You say the process releases CO2 but, as it is a greenhouse gas, isn't it bad for the environment?

11.- So what happens in a typical landfill site?

Degradable Packaging and Bag Questions & Answers

Answer

10. CO2 is unavoidably created in all natural breakdown processes. The alternative is to keep the carbon locked up as plastic but that means the bag lasts hundreds of years.

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