Polythene Carrier Bag

Symphony Environmental Tech. PLC d2w Update

Symphony's CEO, Michael Laurier commented "Public pressure to ban plastic is driven by the fact that plastic litter can last for hundreds of years in the environment. It is now clear that there is no need to ban plastic - just use d2w oxo-biodegradable technology to control the life of the plastic at little or no extra cost. It can still be re-used and recycled during its service-life, and can be safely incinerated and landfilled. "Plastic carrier bags are packaging products with a short lifespan that due to their low weight and small size, can easily escape the waste management flows and be conveyed to the sea by rain, drains and rivers. Once in the environment, plastic bags can last for hundreds of years. Because they last so long, every year the number of plastic bags in the litter stream increases. " The Commission made the important point that "Advertising a packaging product as biodegradable when in fact it will not biodegrade in natural conditions can be misleading for the consumer and can contribute to the proliferation of littering of products that will persist in the environment." Symphony therefore expects that suppliers of compostable plastic will stop describing their product as "biodegradable.

European Union chastises plastic carrier bag dumpers in China ...

The European Union has upped the tariff for a Chinese plastic carrier bag producer after a detailed investigation showed that the company had exploited the products of other firms in order to illegally circumvent strict anti-dumping regulations.

The Council of the European Union (CEU) made amendments to a 2006 regulation which imposed anti-dumping duties on the import of plastic bags from China. Under the old regulation, a sliding scale of duties was imposed which ranged from around percent to almost 29 percent.

The European Commission – the CEU’s executive branch – made an in-depth investigation of the Chinese company Xiamen Xingxia Polymers after it obtained evidence that the company was allowing plastic bag manufacturers with higher duty rates to channel products through them and take advantage of their lower duty rate.

An incomplete questionnaire obtained by the Commission from Xiamen showed that, after the anti-dumping regulation was imposed, the company’s exports actually increased, even doubling in 2007 and 2008. Throughout this period, Xiamen’s prices remained below the EU’s established protective amount.

The Commission’s investigation also established that payments from European buyers for bags from Xiamen had actually been made to companies with a higher rate of duty.

The amendment imposed a new anti-dumping tariff on Xiamen of 28.8 percent.

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