Key News Items

Plastic companies mus add 'oxo' to their product range or risk falling behind, says Symphony's Deputy Chairman - June 2013

Environmental Technologies as Investment Opportunities by Packaging Europe - June 2013

EU Green Paper - OPA Response - March 2013

Anti-microbial plastic reduces "catastrophic threat" of antibiotic-resistant bugs - March 2013

OPA publishes a statement: Italian Plastics Law "Seriously Flawed" and Could Be Illegal - February 2013

Pakistan legislates to make all disposable plastic products Oxo-Biodegradable - February 2013

Symphony and Ecopolymers-brilliant success at ARABPLAST - January 2013

Symphony launches first effective way to recycle scrap tyres and avoid tyre mountains - January 2013

New article about Symphony in "Jeune Afrique" - January 2013

The relevance of degradable plastic-New paper by OPA - January 2013

Ontario bag ban challenge - comment by OPA - November 2012

OPA publishes new Position paper on Marine Litter - November 2012

Anti-microbial plastic - The answer to the lack of human hygiene - November 2012

"Are Oxo-biodegradable products the plastics of the future?" - September 2012

OPA responds to 'European Bioplastics, Environmental Communications Guide' - September 2012

Symphony makes an impact on IBA - September 2012

Symphony takes part in 'Youth Encounter on Sustainability' course - July 2012

Intertek LCA - New LCA by Intertek puts d2w oxo-biodegradable plastic way ahead of conventional and bio-based plastic - May 2012

New LCA puts d2w ahead of bio-based plastics and conventional plastics - May 2012

Symphony blazes a trail at NPE - April 2012

Symphony signs exclusive 20-year distribution agreement for China - March 2012

India should switch to Oxo-bio and avoid bioplastics says Symphony Director - March 2012

Consumers hit back on plastic bags (Link by kind permission of www.iomtoday.co.im) - February 2012

UAE bans plastic products - Except Oxo-Bio plastics - February 2012

Symphony Environmental hosted by British Ambassador in Mexico - February 2012

Symphony attains ISO Standard 14001:2004 - January 2012

Is bio-based plastic really renewable? - December 2011

OPA contributes to EU workshop on Marine Litter - December 2011

OPA publishes Position Paper on Timescale for Degradation of Oxo-biodegradable Plastic - November 2011

UK Environment Agency publishes a Life Cycle Assessment of Supermarket Carrier Bags - 2011

Good news for d2w from UK Environment Agency LCA - 2011

Symphony at APEC and PBEC conference in Hawaii - November 2011

Symphony Responds to California Legislation on Labelling of Biodegradable Plastic Products - November 2011

Response to European Bioplastics "Fact Sheet" on British Standard 8472 for Oxo-biodegradation of plastics - October 2011 

Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association publishes an Executive Summary on Oxo-biodegradable Plastic - October 2011

d2w major sponsor at Saporbio - October 2011

Scientific Dossier published on oxo-biodegradable plastic - October 2011

Symphony responds to EU Consultation on Plastic Bags. - August 2011

How many football pitches are needed to make green plastic? - August 2011

UK urged to switch on to greener plastics-Sunday Express - July 2011

Symphony Environmental exhibited at UK's national exhibition Sustainability Live! - May 2011

Symphony had another successful presence in Belgrade, Serbia at the EcoExpo Exhibition, which was attended by the Assistant Minister for Planning and Management, Mr Aleksandar Vesic - May 2011

New report from Brasil shows oxo-biodegradable bags are a better option than compostable bags and cardboard boxes - May 2011

Symphony responds to Loughborough Report - March 2011

The drive for eco-friendly biofuels has backfired and may be contributing to climate change, says a report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, April 2011. The same principle applies to bio-based "compostable" plastics  - April 2011

A report from Arizona State University and others explains how synthetic biology will bring us cheaper plastics by ruining the poorest nations on Earth - February 2011

Symphony and Ecopolymers launch two new technologies at Arabplast and report record visitor interest - January 2011

Home Fashion Brand Using Degradable Bags - November 2010

Michael Laurier, CEO of Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc, speaks to Stockopedia - October 2010

Symphony's d₂w Oxo-Biodegradable Plastic approved by UAE government - August 2010

Advertising Standards authority rules in favour of d₂w plastic - April 2010

Leading Environmentalist backs oxo-bio plastics - February 2010

Statement by Tesco on compostable plastic - October 2009

 

December 2010: BIO BASED PLASTICS NOT SUSTAINABLE

- Scientific research published in the International Journal of LifeCycle Assessment Vol: 15, 284-293 (2010) concludes that bio-basedplastics are not sustainable.

"Although bio-based products have been mostly regarded as asustainable solution for replacing petroleum-based polymers, in mostcases, the amounts of resources and energy required to produce themhave not been taken into account. Before bio-based plastics can berecommended as a preferred option to plastics, a few challenges haveto be overcome. One of the main concerns is reducing the energy usedin the life cycle production of the bio-material from crops."