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Oxo-biodegradable PET technology developed

Planet Green Bottle Corporation has signed an agreement with Wells Plastics (UK) on oxo-biodegradable plastic bottle technology.

Oxo-biodegradability is triggered with exposure to oxygen, heat and UV light and therefore ensures long shelf life before the degradation commences. Plastic bottles will  oxo-biodegrade in  landfills, ditches, rivers and oceans, PGBC said.

Under contract with PGBC, UK company Wells Plastics proved that it could reverse the anti-microbial activity and accelerate microbial activity that causes degrading of plastic bottles that are perceived to last forever in landfills, ditches, rivers and oceans.

"Once disposed of and exposed to UV light and heat, the spent bottle commences its degradation profile, first breaking into small pieces, and then once the molecular weight is reduced sufficiently the material becomes available for bio digestion. PET plastic bottles manufactured using the Reverte additive can enter the normal plastics recycling streams without issue or adverse affect."

Patrick Rooney of Vancouver, Director of Corporate Development of PGBC, added: "We became enamoured with the potential of biodegradable PET plastic bottles when I read the research of Captain Charles Moore, a world-renowned marine scientist demonstrating that the world's largest garbage dump in the middle of the Pacific Ocean was as large as Africa and was largely plastic garbage destined to last forever.

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Learn more about this news at Planet Green Bottle PGBC Presentation in:

• Microsoft PowerPoint JRR 2 ppt (8,15 MB)