Monday 9 July 2012

New Approach to Degradable Plastics

EcoPoly Solutions degradable additives assist manufacturers in creating degradable products while increasing their recycled resin content without processing issues. EcoPoly additives were created with the importance of recylced resins in mind. We believe in R,R,R and also realise that in a perfect world everything would get recycled but the reality is some things do not make it to the proper "end of useful life" destination.

EcoPoly Solutions is doing things drastically different from their competition. They made a conscious decision to invest in offering advanced products and providing their customers with technical superiority as opposed to placing millions of dollars in marketing. In the short term it may take companies a little longer to realise they are here but long term felt this was the right move. If manufacturers and end users are looking for products that they can rely on processing and working the same every time, this is the place. EcoPoly Solutions does not toll manufacture any products, instead manufacture everything in house, in an environment controlled facility.

EcoPoly Solutions also realised the importance of standing behind the technology and providing definitive proof that their products do as claimed. In an industry filled with misconceptions due to outlandish claims, transparency is paramount. My personal problem surfaces when companies appear to stand behind their products by telling what they "don't do". How about stepping up and saying what they actually do and give actual proof. EcoPoly Solutions products do degrade, biodegrade and leave nothing behind that is harmful to the environment. To put it simply, products that have incorporated EcoPoly additives do the following:

Degrade (fragment) into smaller pieces. This is the first step with some of the accelerating factors being the sun (UV light), heat, moisture and wind (mechanical stress).
Biodegrade. The second step occurs when the plastic has fragmented into pieces small enough (the polymer chains have broken down or split) that microbes can then consume the plastic.
Result. All that is left is small amounts of CO2 (carbon dioxide), water and biomass (plant food).

This is all tested in their state of the art lab under several standards such as ASTM 6954 (North American Standard), BS8472 (British Standard) and UAE.S 5009: 2009 (United Arab Emirates Standard). There is no other lab in the world that has these vast capabilities and is dedicated to the degradable field. The lab is not only supporting EcoPoly Solutions customers on a daily basis and proving the technologies but they are studying and developing new technologies every day. EcoPoly Solutions is the only degradable additive manufacturing company in the world that has the ability and resources to act quickly, test and make changes to formulations in order to meet customers needs. This is one of EcoPoly Solutions huge advantages over every one of their competitors in the world.

EcoPoly Solutions has partnered with several universities due in part to their vast resources and will continue working with the academic and business world together ensuring consumers and the environment benefit. EcoPoly Solutions invite your enquiries and look forward to ensuring manufacturers have the best raw materials and technical support available in the market today. This will give manufacturers the confidence that the right decision has been made in providing consumers with finished goods and support they require with their degradable plastics.

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