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driver's research page link
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website link
http://www.stanelco.co.uk/index.htm

Legislation
There are two separate UK Laws affecting this area: 1) The Packaging Waste Regulations which sets out the requirements for dealing with packaging waste and 2) The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Act which defines the requirements that all packaging must satisfy.

The Packaging Waste Regulations were incorporated into UK law in 1997. They are based on the European Directive for Packaging Waste. Currently 65% of all packaging must be recovered. It is not practical for individual companies to organise the recovery, and recycling, of their packaging waste. So to ensure that the UK conforms to the EU Directive a series of non-profit organisations were created to administer the 'PRN' scheme. PRNs (Packaging Return Notes) are issued (sold) to companies to enable them to fulfil their individual obligations under the directive. The revenue from the PRNs is used by the organisation issuing them (e.g. Valpak) to fund recovery and recycling schemes. Thus the UK is able to demonstrate that as a whole we are complying with the Directive.

A PRN at no cost - i.e. one where the material is exempt from any charge - can only be issued to companies if the material concerned falls within the definitions of recovery or recycling. Biodegradability is not recognised in the UK legislation as a definition of recoverability but Compostability is recognised as a basis for exemption.

Unusually the UK splits the execution of the Directive into two. It created the Packaging Waste Regulations, and then followed up with the Packaging (Regulations Essential Requirements). Other EU governments carried both sections together as one piece of law. Whilst biodegradability is not recognised in the Waste Regulations (see above) in the Essential Requirements, biodegradability and compostability are recognised and d2w meets those requirements.

The result of this is that in the UK d2w products can be sold as meeting the Essential Requirements but there is no exemption from the PRN charges for the time being i.e. until oxo-biodegradable plastics meet the relevant standard. In the EU, however, d2w products do not at present meet their equivalent of the Essential Requirements because they do not satisfy the Sturm Test which is the key part of the current EU standard and therefore are not formally acceptable for packaging (but see below). There are some exceptions e.g. in Italy where, in strictly legal terms, carrier bags are not 'packaging'.

For full detail see www.valpak.co.uk

Legislation
There are two separate UK Laws affecting this area: 1) The Packaging Waste Regulations which sets out the requirements for dealing with packaging waste and 2) The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Act which defines the requirements that all packaging must satisfy.

The Packaging Waste Regulations were incorporated into UK law in 1997. They are based on the European Directive for Packaging Waste. Currently 65% of all packaging must be recovered. It is not practical for individual companies to organise the recovery, and recycling, of their packaging waste. So to ensure that the UK conforms to the EU Directive a series of non-profit organisations were created to administer the 'PRN' scheme. PRNs (Packaging Return Notes) are issued (sold) to companies to enable them to fulfil their individual obligations under the directive. The revenue from the PRNs is used by the organisation issuing them (e.g. Valpak) to fund recovery and recycling schemes. Thus the UK is able to demonstrate that as a whole we are complying with the Directive.

A PRN at no cost - i.e. one where the material is exempt from any charge - can only be issued to companies if the material concerned falls within the definitions of recovery or recycling. Biodegradability is not recognised in the UK legislation as a definition of recoverability but Compostability is recognised as a basis for exemption.

Unusually the UK splits the execution of the Directive into two. It created the Packaging Waste Regulations, and then followed up with the Packaging (Regulations Essential Requirements). Other EU governments carried both sections together as one piece of law. Whilst biodegradability is not recognised in the Waste Regulations (see above) in the Essential Requirements, biodegradability and compostability are recognised and d2w meets those requirements.

The result of this is that in the UK d2w products can be sold as meeting the Essential Requirements but there is no exemption from the PRN charges for the time being i.e. until oxo-biodegradable plastics meet the relevant standard. In the EU, however, d2w products do not at present meet their equivalent of the Essential Requirements because they do not satisfy the Sturm Test which is the key part of the current EU standard and therefore are not formally acceptable for packaging (but see below). There are some exceptions e.g. in Italy where, in strictly legal terms, carrier bags are not 'packaging'.

For full detail see www.valpak.co.uk

14 march Preliminary results announcement

"A tip of the hat to industrial group Stanleco for an inspired bit of bandwagon jumping. The current anti-plastic bag campaigns have prompted the company to puff itself as "the only bioplastics manufacturer headquartered in the UK". Quite why this needed to be a regulatory news announcement is unclear, but it seems to have worked. Stanleco is up 34% to - wait for it - 0.35p."

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/markets/2008/02/high_street_retailer_next_was.html

Plus market volume = 84,289,000

Thanks for the explanation, BAYLIS, but I didn't understand it first time ;-)

BAYLIS
More than one line is too much for my brain at the moment. (T'was a good night at t'local tonight)
I will read tomorrow.
Thanks.

Thanks BAYLIS - cant decide whether to read your post or War and Peace. I think I'll go for the latter, as I've limited time!

You on the marching powder again Relaxes?Whats this about lines and staying up well into the night!On a more seroius note isn't this ripe for a takeover now before the price heads North?

"Ban on plastic bags",shouldn't that read ban on "petroplastic" bags to differentiate from "bioplastic" bags.Just been to the farmers market here in Cork and got me vedge in a degradable plastic bags.Arn't they the ones that just break up into small pieces that then last forever?They can also be recycled{petroplastics} so I cant really see the point.Another huge issue here is that allthough plastic bag usage has dropped 90%since the introduction of the bag tax,the local authorities now charge by weight for domestic refuse collection so many people prefer to chuck their rubbish by the roadside so the litter problem is on the increase..so back to the drawing board.

Its the old story Pad, you cant squeeze jelly to contain it.

Degradable = breaks down into lots of little bits of original material.
Bio-degradable = breaks down into earth/soil componants.
(I think)

Just been into the garden to dig up a"mater bi"bag I buried about 18 months ago and it has tatally vanished.These were the ones Sainsburys were selling organic apples in ,the bags being made by Novamont if my memory is right so yes Tony you are right.My other half thinks I've lost it totally when I tried to explain what I was doing looking for a buried plastic bag.And yes I do have a life!!!!

Packaging Environmental Ltd provides UK businesses and organisations with a wide range of biodegradable and compostable products such as cups, cutlery, containers and other disposable tableware.

We supply a range of bioplastic and sugarcane based products that are set to overtake and replace traditional oil-based plastic and polystyrene.

Our products are similar in quality and competitive in price, but more importantly

Have a lower carbon footprint
Are 100% sustainable
Are 100% biodegradable and compostable
We are committed to work with organisations to help them reduce their carbon footprint and enable them to become more environmentally sustainable.



BETTER THAN STANELCO

Biodegradable Bag Company Ltd.
We believe that we can all make a small change to protect our planet when we use degradable packaging.We all know by now, that polythene bags can take hundreds of years to degrade, that our landfill sites are overflowing and that our environment needs our help.

Here, at the Biodegradable Bag Company, we have faith that by working with our customers we can try and address these concerns. We manufacture and supply all types of packaging in biodegradable, compostable material. Our biodegradable bags are of beautiful quality, strong yet degradable, the perfect polythene bag.

Bayliss who supplies these companies with the raw material to produce these products,I don't think they manafacture bioplastic?

I DO NO YET.

Febrero 18, 2008

Emulando las prticas de otras cadenas internacionales de supermercados, Supermaxi y Megamaxi usar desde este a fundas plticas biodegradables para el empaque de las compras de sus clientes.

Con cerca de 200 mil visitas diarias en sus establecimientos, Supermercados La Favorita optpor esta alternativa con el objetivo de reducir la contaminaci del ambiente.

A diferencia de las fundas plticas comunes, las bolsas ecolicas sufren una total biodegradaci al exponerse a los rayos ultravioletas, el calor y la fricci. El residuo se reintegra, seg la compaa, a la tierra sin dejar ticos.

Usadas por cadenas como Wallmart de Argentina, ito de Colombia, Tesco de Inglaterra, las biodegradables est en capacidad de trasladar el mismo peso que una funda com y no alteran los alimentos.

Tonyrelaxes see Baylis's post above 25766,remember "our meet" and the interest in my business in Argentina,am I dreaming or could there be a connection with wallmart there?

Pad

Babelfish translation -

Emulating the practices of other international chains of supermarkets, Supermaxi and Megamaxi they will use from this year biodegradable plastic covers for the packing of the purchases of its clients. With near 200 thousand daily visits in its establishments, Supermarkets the Favorite decided on this alternative with the objective to reduce the contamination of the atmosphere. Unlike the common plastic covers, the bags ` ecolicas' undergo a total biodegradaci when exposing itself to ultra-violet rayses, the heat and the friction. The remainder returns, according to the company, to the Earth without leaving toxics. Used by chains like Wallmart of Argentina, Success of Colombia, Tesco of England, the biodegradable ones are in capacity to transfer the same weight that a common cover and the foods do not alter.
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But it does not look like Baylis's bags are made from starch as this would have been a great 'green' point. So presumably they are petro plastics as they do not bio-degrade in the accepted sence - they need sun light, not earth borne microbes. It "returns to the Earth" - they don't say it becomes an active part of the earth again, so might effictively be landfill in little inert pieces!!

Tony sent it to Argentina for translation .If any of you want to see our operation down there the site is ..dimex.com.ar..sleep well.