Landfill-Biodegradable Everyday Plastic 
When it comes to biodegradable plastics, the 2 main choices are:
1. Landfill-biodegradable (which is our choice)
2. Compostable (home or commercial)
Biotuff understands
– Single-use plastics are not going anywhere any time in the future
– 90% of plastic waste currently is disposed of in landfills
– We’re years off having a complete and functional circular economy. Read why here
– Some consumers are time poor and often choose the most convenient option
- Most consumers dispose of their waste (including single-use plastics) – more often than not in landfill(where else can you put your rubbish bin bags!)
– All commercial compostable products need to be deposited in commercial composts(which is a waste stream that is not available in most local councils across the country). Hence many ‘compostable’ items end up in a landfill
– Commercial compostable plastics need very specific environments to biodegrade
– Many people don’t have a home compost for them to dispose of their home compostable plastic items
Biotuff offers the logical solution
– Are affordable and a practical solution
– Are all about ‘convenience’ and designed for ‘time poor’ consumers (who are mindful of their impact on the environment)
– Can be either reusable or recyclable
– Biodegrades 90%+ faster than conventional plastics, biodegrading under typical landfill environmental conditions (much faster than traditional plastics which take hundreds of years to biodegrade)
– The methane produced from accelerated landfill-biodegradable plastics can be captured within the time frame the landfill is actively managed, rather than being released into the atmosphere over hundreds of years after the landfill has closed and stopped being managed. This captured methane can be used for fuel and energy production
– Biodegradation of plastic is achieved by enabling microorganisms to metabolize (i.e. break down) the molecular structure of the plastic, which produces a humus-like material (organic matter) which is a natural plant fertiliser and a biogas
– Do not fragment into microplastics during biodegradation
Landfill-biodegradable technology
Landfill-biodegradable products are made by combining traditional plastic with an organic additive. The biodegradation only begins when the plastic is exposed to a microbe-rich environment, such as a landfill. The additive attracts microbes to the plastic and they start to digest it. As they do this, the enzymes (the microbes secrete) break the carbon bonds in the plastic molecule allowing the microbes to digest them for their energy. As more enzymes are secreted, more atoms are removed from the plastic molecule (called depolymerisation) which the microbes can digest. As this process continues, the plastic molecule is broken down and digested away.
The biodegradability of plastic can be confirmed by comparing biodegradation results from an independent laboratory using either ASTM D5511, ASTM D5526 or Bio-Methane Potential (BMP) tests.
This diagram illustrates the additive and the landfill-biodegradable process
FAQ's
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It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
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It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web.
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