Polybags launches new domestic biodegradable PE bag
West London blown film firm Polybags has launched Compo-Bag, a biodegradable PE bag. The bag degrades in nine to 12 months and is aimed at domestic users for their organic waste, such as vegetable peelings, tea bags and egg shells, prior to disposal on compost heaps.
Polybags produces both the film and the Compo-Bags which, to date, have mainly been sold to private customers. They are available in a range of stock sizes and Polybags believes it is the first UK supplier to provide this service for a biodegradable bag.
The bags, which are based on an Oxodegradable additive system, were developed by Polybags in conjunction with London Metropolitan University’s Polymer Centre through the governments’ Knowledge Transfer Partnership. KTP associate Manthan Fadia was recruited by Polybags to help develop the Compo-Bag product range and its increase Polybags productivity.
Fadia says demand is picking up following the biodegradable bag’s introduction. Commercial users of biodegradable bags and sacks, however, want a product that degrades more quickly than the current Compo-Bag, typically within three months.
As a result, this type of eco-product is now under development at Polybags, based on different degradability technology. Customer trials have been agreed with larger-scale users, such as local councils.
Polybags produces a wide range of bags and sacks, including printed carriers, grip and zip seal bags and waste sacks produced from recycled polymer.
For more information please visit www.polybags.co.uk &www.londonmet.ac.uk
Reference: Plastics &Rubber Weekly – 14th April’06
