Symphony Environmental Technologies : The Michael Stephen Column

innovation

“I believe that in order to innovate, you have to be willing to be misunderstood.”

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

My experience with oxo-biodegradable plastics proves him right.This is a technology that can transform plastic packaging to prevent it from accumulating in the environment, but has the misfortune of being seen as competing with plastics made from crops. useless₂ Composting facilities aren’t composting, they’re composting, but they’re made by companies that can afford to spend big bucks on PR, lobbying, and funding NGOs.

The result of this activity is an environmental disaster. Because thousands of tons of regular plastics enter the environment every week, lying around or floating for decades where they cannot be recovered for recycling, composting, etc. If I do not.

People have been led to believe that microplastics are derived from oxo-biodegradable plastics, but there is no doubt that most of them are caused by the fragmentation of regular plastics when exposed to sunlight. there is no. They also come from other sources, such as industrial composting processes that do not completely remove plastic film debris, which are then spread over land used for food production.

The Oxomar Report proves oxo-biodegradability even in the marine environment, and the European Chemicals Agency, which studied the scientific evidence, was not convinced that microplastics could be formed by that type of plastic.

united nations

In my last column, I wrote about the UN’s global plastics convention, and was interviewed at “Directors’ Talk.” Watch the video at https://vimeo.com/758624179.

Sustainable plastic design provides a solution for the United Nations Global Plastics Convention.

Michael Stephen

Michael Stephen is a lawyer, member of the British Parliament and a member of the Environmental Choices Commission. when he left Parliament Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc. He gained attention because of his concern for the environment. He is currently Vice Chairman of Symphony, which is listed on his AIM market on the London Stock Exchange, and founder and Chairman of the Biodegradable Plastics Association.

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All articles by Michael Stephen can be found here

• 1/1/20～ plastic phobia, microplastics, disposable society

• 7/1/20～ Recycling, lab testing, Bangladesh and suitable bioplastics

• 14/1/20 – Definition of plastiphobia and bioplastics

• 21/1/20 – composting, european union, unemployment

• 30/1/20 – Plasticphobia, Malaysia, and the case against compostables and paper

• 7/02/20 – coronavirus, parliamentarian letter, montreal, australia, dominican republic

• 14/02/20 – Oman, MacArthur Foundation, Suppression of Innovation, South Africa and Compostable Plastics

• 24/02/20 – Bioplastics from Serbia, India, Pakistan and Europe

• 03/03/20 – Plastic that protects the health and common sense of plastic

• 10/03/20 – plastic phobia, singapore, compostable plastic, doorknob, carbios

• 17/03/20 – Green the road to infection, Defra warns against bioplastics and Montreal

• 24/03/20 – Eliminate plastic bag bans and improbiotics

• 01/04/20 – Plastic bag revival, unwanted compostable plastic, EASAC

• 16/04/20 – Coronavirus and agricultural plastics

• 11/05/20 – coronavirus, peru, barbados, recycling

• 05/20/18 – Say no to plastiphobia, false statements and recycling myths

• 02/06/20 – Defining Plastiphobia and Other Setbacks

• 11/06/20 – BBIA Tests Food Waste and OXO Biodegradable Plastics

• 06/20/19 – Oxo-Biodegradation, Independent Reporting and Precautionary Principle

• Jun 29, 2020 – Banana Republic, why plastic to CO2 and plastic waste from ships

• July 13, 2020 – Running Scared, The Daily Telegraph and Market Report

• 20/07/20 – Tipa, today’s plastic and American genius

• 27/07/20 – Coronavirus, Plastic Waste, Bahrain, Polymateria

• 08/20/17 – Europe’s Plastics, Confusing Issues and Paper

• 08/25/2020 – Professor Emo Chiellini, Today’s Plastics, Greenwashing and Coronavirus

• 28/09/20 – Killing viruses, sea degradation, airports, Brazilian retail, plastic growth and face masks

• 08/10/20 – Compostable or biodegradable, Covid 19 and UK’s new bioplastics standard

• October 27, 2020 – The power of lobbying, paper and cotton are worse than plastic

• 02/11/20 – 5 misconceptions about Covid 19 and plastic

• 09/11/2020 – OXO BIO, Westminster Forum, Euractiv, Covid support

• November 23, 2020 – Toxicity of bio-based and biodegradable plastics, and the threat of Covid

• 15/12/20 – Articles from Recycling and Austria

• 21 December 2020 – EU Science Advisor, China chooses wrong bioplastics and Covid nonsense

• 05/01/20 – EU, Covid Lockdown, WRAP, British Standards Institution, Polymateria

• 12/01/21 – Intertech and Composting

• 01/21/19 – Recycling and exporting plastic waste

• 22/02/21 – Seaweed Plastic, Orange Peel, Zampra

• 02/03/31 – OXO Biodegradable Plastics

• 08/03/21 – EU Scientific Report and Paper vs. Plastic

• 15/03/21 – India, Australia, Dow Chemicals

• 14/04/21 – Oxomar, UK Government and Microplastics

• 26/04/21 – Plastics to save Covid, including news from Brazil

• 04/05/21 – Package Digest

• 07/06/21 – Minderoo Report and Korea Herald

• 30/06/21 – Recycling, use of bio-based plastics is increasing or confusing Australians, biodegradable future

• 12/07/21 – EU Flawed Directives, Thailand and Pakistan

• 21/07/21 – Director Talk, Confusion, Magazine Humor, Plastic Waste Dump

• 02/08/21 – Angry Farmer, DEFRA, Plastic Alternatives

• 06/09/21 – Microplastics

• 13/09/21 – UK Government, Defra, David Newman

• 20/09/21 – Michael Stephen Video Interview on Antimicrobial and Biodegradable Packaging

• 05/10/21 – Freedom of Information and Plastic Waste Solutions

• 10/21/14 – Michael Stephen at the Pack4Change Summit

• 22/10/21 – Plastics from Algae and Carbon Dioxide

• 15/11/21 – Defra

• 22/11/21 – Defra, India, Food Service Footprint Magazine and Waste 360

• 30/11/21 – RWM Digital Spotlight and Plastiphobia

• December 17, 2021 – Proper Disposal and Responding to Defra Consultation

• 04/01/22 – Precautionary Principle, Anti-Oxo Campaign and Defragmentation

• 11/01/22 – Microplastics

• 17/01/22 – Michael Laurier, Cheeky Issues and Unilever

• 21/02/22 – No Plastic Substitutes

• 08/03/22 – Sustainable Agriculture, Canada, Consequences of Ban, United Nations

• 14/03/22 – Plastiphobia

• 04/04/22 – Virgin Mobile, Defra, OXO, Microplastics, End of Support Options

• 11/04/22 – Ellen MacArthur Foundation

• 09/05/22 – Responding to the Plastic Recyclers Association

• 05/22/16 – Compostable plastic wrap and other bad news at UK Parliament

• 30/05/22 – Threats to Humanity and Market Research

• 13/06/22 – Recycling, OECD, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

• 27/06/22 – Recyclass, Unilever, UK plastic packaging tax

• 04/07/22 – South Korea, carbon-13 research, deflation, food shortages, bio-based plastics

• 09/08/22 – Oxford Analytica, Indonesia, paper is not the answer

• 16/08/22 – Video, Canada, The Guardian, Food Waste, Recycling vs. Virgin Polymers

• 22/08/22 – Defragmentation and plastics in agriculture

• 30/08/22 – Recycling and Food Waste

• 07/09/22 – Microplastics, environmental footprint and coffee waste

• 21/09/22 – Defra

• 10 April 2022 – Agricultural Films and the Global Plastics Convention

• October 10, 2022 – anti-plastic enthusiasts

Interview with Michael Stephen

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