{"id":461,"date":"2020-05-18T10:07:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T10:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2020-08-22T12:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T12:36:10","slug":"pte-bio-plastic-could-be-the-way-to-sustainable-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"PTE Bio-plastic could be the way to sustainable plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;<strong>ReverteTM<\/strong>\u00a0 is an oxo-biodegradable additive which is added directly into the film manufacturing process to standard PE, PP &amp; PET to impart this property, with almost no physical impact on the processing of the polymer.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oxo-Biodegradable polymers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These polymers undergo controlled degradation through the incorporation of a &#8216;prodegradant&#8217; additive (an additive that can trigger and accelerate the degradation process). These polymers undergo accelerated oxidative defined degradation initiated by natural daylight, heat and\/or mechanical stress, and embrittle in the environment and erode under the influence of weathering.Reverte\u2122 produces a plastic product with equivalent performance characteristics than the present non-degradables, is cost competitive and results in a product will totally and harmlessly disintegrate in multiple environments, commencing at a predetermined time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioplastics.com.sg\/faqs\">https:\/\/www.bioplastics.com.sg\/faqs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=1788738854  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/ml1bxn6w95ea.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/oxo-biodegradable-plastic-products-lifecycle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml1bxn6w95ea.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:651\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/oxo-biodegradable-plastic-products-lifecycle.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ml1bxn6w95ea.i.optimole.com\/w:230\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/oxo-biodegradable-plastic-products-lifecycle.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;ReverteTM\u00a0 is an oxo-biodegradable additive which is added directly into the film manufacturing process to standard PE, PP &amp; PET to impart this property, with almost no physical impact on the processing of the polymer.&#8221; Oxo-Biodegradable polymers &#8220;These polymers undergo controlled degradation through the incorporation of a &#8216;prodegradant&#8217; additive (an additive that can trigger and[&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10221536779342215_279185795515506":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginkgoumbrella.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}