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Why degradable?

The following facts have been drawn from third party materials and very clearly demonstrate the negative environmental aspects of plastics which would be avoided by using d2w degradable technology. The chosen facts are just a few of the huge number available internationally.

These facts also form part of a larger collection of similar facts being used as part of the innovative marketing material, which is used to promote d2w products and additives.

*Fact
Plastics can take up to 400 years to break down. Almost all the plastics ever made can still be found somewhere.
*Fact
The amount of rubbish on UK streets has increased 500% since the early 1960's.
*Fact
In the UK approx 80% of post-consumer plastic waste is sent to landfill, 8% is incinerated and only 7% is recycled.
*Fact
In the UK, around 60% of household waste comes from packaging.
*Fact
About 96% of dead fulmars in Orkney/Scotland were found to have an average of 28 pieces of dumped plastic waste in their stomachs.