Degradable plastic definition

Degradable plastic means plastic that undergoes significant changes in its chemical structure under specific environmental conditions.

Degradable plastic means plastic that undergoes significant changes in its

Examples of Degradable plastic in a sentence

• Degradable plastic composition containing unsaturated alcohol or ester thereof.

• Degradable plastic bags have been supplied by supermarkets for more than ten years, but there is no evidence that people dispose more carelessly of them (whether oxo or hydro biodegradable) and they have not been encouraged to do so.

• Therefore, in response to all accumulative and destructive impacts of plastic bags Fiji, the Department of Environment would like to embark on the development of a new regulation which would help to address, all issues caused by the use of “Non Degradable plastic bags”.

• Degradable plastic bags (less than 35 microns in thickness) are banned in the ACT.

• Degradable plastic is degraded by naturally occurring microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and algae.

• Am. Plastics Corp., 118 F.T.C. 632, 633–37, 1994 WL 16011102, at *1–2 (challenging “biodegradable” and landfill benefit claims for EnviroGard plastic trash bags); Mobil Oil Corp., 116 F.T.C. 113, 113–18, 1993 WL 13009606, at *1–2 (1993) (challenging claims about Hefty Degradable plastic trash bags); First Brands, Corp., 115 F.T.C. 1, 1–6, 1992 WL 12011023, at *1–2 (1992) (challenging claims that Glad plastic trash bags are “degradable,” “safe for the environment” and “environmentally friendly).