The best way is to dispose of FlexSea in a compost or a food bin, in the worst case, the common waste bin will do the job as they pretty much act as composts and the material will either degrade there, be incinerated, or end up in nature and disappear! However, if it ends up in the recycling stream, the washing processes will degrade it and therefore FlexSea will not contaminate the batch, unlike other bioplastics on the market today.
Recycling (Mechanical And Chemical)
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Recycling (Mechanical And Chemical)
Only 8% of Total Plastics Are Recycled
Requires Consumer To Sort Waste
Not Enough Centers Exist
Inefficient Waste Collection Management
Downgraded products
Energy Demanding And Polluting Process
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No Need For Processing
No Pollution In Post Consumption
Goes Back To Nature
Where mechanical recycling is limited to certain types of widely used plastics, the complexity of recycling single use plastics and films is the main cause for their low processing rate. Chemical recycling is a hot topic but the process requires nefarious chemicals and the by-products of the reaction are toxic substances such as bisphenol-A, cadmium, benzene, brominated compounds, phthalates, lead, tin, antimony, and volatile organic compounds from pyrolysis and solvolysis.
The reason for the recycling rate being so low is that most of the plastic reaching recycling facilities is either too dirty to be recycled or too thin – or maybe not even plastic at all!
Even if the recycling rate improved, it still would be a downward spiral, pushing back the problem to a later date rather than eliminating it, as recycled plastics are actually downgraded. This means, for example, that in most cases plastic used for food packaging cannot be recycled and re-used in food packaging. Recycling being far from 100% efficiency also means to continue supporting the petrochemical industry to complete the missing % with raw feedstock (petroleum) hence is just an end of pipe solution.
FlexSea improves the plastic lifecycle by removing the need to take care of post-consumption, as FlexSea will simply biodegrade harmlessly. This way, you can enjoy the value added of using a truly sustainable plastic alternative, knowing that you need not to worry about what happens to it once it’s been disposed of!
Bio-Based PP/PE
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Bio-Based PP/PE
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No Competition With Food Crops
No Pressure On Forests
No Freshwater Required
Very Easily Biodegradable
Polylactic Acid (PLA) + Other Starch Bioplastics
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Polylactic Acid (PLA) + Other Starch Bioplastics
Compete With Food Crops
Exacerbate Deforestation
Deplete Freshwater Supplies
Won’t Biodegrade In Many Environments
Requires Pesticides
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No Competition With Food Crops
No Pressure On Forests
No Freshwater Required
Very Easily Biodegradable
PLA and starch bioplastics also require very specific conditions to degrade, meaning that they can remain as pollution in the environment for decades if not longer.
PHAs (Polyhydroxyalkanoate)
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PHAs (Polyhydroxyalkanoate)
Feedstock Require Use Of Arable Land (Starch)
Industrially Compostable Only
High Production Costs
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Very Easily Biodegradable
Nature- And Home-Compostable
Oxidative Petroleum-Based Plastics (Oxo-Degradables)
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Oxidative Petroleum-Based Plastics (Oxo-Degradables)
Degrades Leaving Microplastics And Nanoplastics
Use Of A Limited Fossil Resource
Pollution In The Extraction, Refining And Synthesis Process
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Naturally Derived
Biodegrades Leaving No Harmful Byproducts
No Production Waste
Carbon Negative Resource
Cellulose based Products
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Cellulose based Products
Found In Plants…You Know What It Means By Now
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Marine Resource
Grows Fast
Widely Available Cultivation Sites