Q. What does BioGreen Products Europe sell?

A. BioGreen Products Europe sells Earth Nurture microbiodegradable    plastic disposable products. 

Q. From  what are Earth Nurture products made from? 

A. 98.9% conventional plastic, such as polypropylene, PET, PP, PS and 1.1% of our proprietary additive, which allows them to biodegrade in the presence of microbes in the soil or in landfills.

Q. Are these products the same as PLA, spudware, corn plastic etc?

A. No, these products are not PLA, (corn plastic, PolyLactic Acid, or spudware,) and they are in no way similar to PLA in their properties.  They do not “droop” at hot food temperatures, for example.

Q. Are these products recyclable?

A. Yes, if the facility in which they are disposed of has a program for recycling the plastic from which they are made.  Most Earth Nurture products are made from plastic for which there are recycling facilities, this varies depending on the country in question. Earth Nurture’s cold cups, cutlery, and straws, for example, are made from polypropylene (PP), coded as resin number 5. Polypropylene can be recognized as the slightly flexible plastic from which many food containers for yogurt and dairy product containers are produced.                                            

Q. Are Earth Nurture products oxo-biodegradable? 

A. No.  Oxo-biodegradable plastics require oxygen and UV light or heat to biodegrade, and so will not biodegrade deep in landfills.  Earth Nurture products do not require either UV light or oxygen to biodegrade, and will biodegrade at any depth in landfills.

Q. Do these products have a limited shelf life?

A. No, unlike both PLA and oxo-biodegradable plastic products, these products have an unlimited shelf life.

Q. Are these products expensive?

A. These products are priced very competitively and are on a par with conventional plastic products. They are approximately 25% of the

price of competing PLA products.

Q. Are these products ‘compostable?’

A. These products are not sold as compostable but only because they do not biodegrade as quickly as compostable products. (The bags cannot be labelled as biodegradable in California, which equates biodegradable with compostable in plastic bags and food containers, but not in service ware, such as cups, straws, and cutlery.)                                           

Q. How do these products biodegrade?

A. The biodegradation mechanism is micro-biobiodegradation, which means that the additive attracts micro-organisms in the soil, which degrade the plastic through the excretion of enzymes and acids which break down the plastic into humus, bio gas, and water. They will biodegrade in either anaerobic or aerobic conditions

Q. How long does it take these products to biodegrade in landfills?

A. From 9 months to 5 years. This gives the landfill in which they are placed time to be capped with clay and tapped for biogas. This gas is normally used as an industrial heat source.

Q. Are micro-biodegradable products available for private label?

A. Earth Nurture offers all of the plastic disposable products usually sold in retail outlets:  Polypropylene cutlery, polypropylene cold cups, polypropylene straws, polypropylene dishes, and LDPE self-closing sandwich freezer, sandwich, and garbage bags in the usual sizes-all made with the biodegrading additive that makes it legal to label them as biodegradable.  HDPE t-shirt bags and LDPE produce bags are also available for front end use.

Q. Where can I learn about BioGreen Products Inc. products?

A. Start by going to http://www.biogreenproductseurope.com, for a full introduction into the technology, and use the contact information on the website if you have further questions.

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