January 2025

According to the latest research into the oxo-biodegradable plastics sector from Data Bridge Market Research, the global market is experiencing substantial growth, attributed to heightened environmental awareness and increased regulation. However, according to Symphony Environmental, a company at the forefront of environmental packaging technology, the report itself falls down in its analysis of the EU market.

It said these are based on the data received from those large producers that have actually submitted packaging data and had submissions accepted by the Environment Agency.

The association said local authority waste management costs needed to calculate the tonnage-based fees are arrived at by a process of modelling using Defra’s in-house ‘Local Authority Packaging Cost and Performance’ (LAPCAP) model.

Under the partnership, Fresh-Lock is launching a new range of compostable packaging for the home, using Tipa technology.  The first two products, one which includes child-safety technology and another with single lock design for multiple uses, have already been launched. 

Tipa’s unique process breaks packaging down into tiny parts that are eaten by bacteria and turned into regular soil. Regular plastic, however, takes 500 years to biodegrade, and even then forever remains in the environment as microscopic particles.

The report is a review of different household recycling interventions that took place between 2003-2023 in Wales. It highlights the range of intervention types used in household recycling, changing household recycling from an infrequently performed behaviour to a normalised societal behaviour over the last two decades.   
 
In 2000, the percentage of household waste that was recycled was just 5.2%. Over the next two decades that increased to 65.2%.