Symphony Environmental
Technologies
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Symphony Environmental
Technologies
• Symphony is a British public company,
listed on the London Stock Exchange
• Invested $30 million in R&D
• Represented in 92 countries worldwide
• Chairman is a leading Member of the
European Parliament. Welcomes Croatia
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Symphony’s Technical Team
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Two Professors
Two Ph D’s
Two M Sc’s
Two B Sc’s
Experts with more than 30 years experience in
plastics factories
• Four laboratories
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Symphony’s Technologies
• In 2009 only d2w Controlled-life
Plastic
• NOW:• d2p Anti-microbial Plastic
• d2Detector -Anti-counterfeiting
• w2v Tyre recycling processes
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D2p Ant-microbial
protecting health
• Adding d2p to your product or packaging provides it with antimicrobial
performance
•This means that any harmful bacteria or fungi that come into contact with
your product or packaging will not be passed on through human contact
•The bacteria will be killed off within a short time period
•So not only is your product good for its original purpose but it also has the
added value of helping to protect human health and to preserve food
•This is your opportunity to be an innovator and use d2p to your advantage
Adding Value
d2p anti-fungal: Example
Bread slices inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti spores at 6 dpi* (3 replicas)
*dpi – days post inoculation
Control
1% d2p Antifungal
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d2p anti-fungal
3- d2p applications
The unique nature of d2p gives polymer excellent bacterial protection from:
• Healthcare Infections
Bacteria grow on almost any surface imaginable, many healthcare applications would benefit
from having d2p treated door handles, soap dispensers, storage units, waste bins and bags.
d2p is an easy, cost effective solution to protect patients and staff.
• Food Related Bacteria
If left untreated harmful bacteria such as E.Coli and Salmonella can grow on surfaces within a
matter of minutes. Chopping boards, serving utensils, food storage containers and other
items that come into contact with food are all at risk of contamination. d2p prevents the
growth of these bacteria within a durable, wash proof application.
d2p antimicrobial
d2t
The scale of counterfeiting
• By 2015 the cost of counterfeiting and piracy will
reach $1.7trillion a year
• 2.5million jobs are at risk every year
• Black market for cigarettes $50billion each year
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• The cost of counterfeit medicines alone is estimated
to be $75billion
• Approximately 15% of all medicines sold world wide
are counterfeit
World Health Organisation (WHO)
About
d TRACE:
• d TRACE is a masterbatch tracer technology system available now
• It provides plastic with a unique traceable property
• Added at a rate of only 1% at the manufacturing stage
• No change required to the manufacturing process
• d TRACE is compatible with the vast majority of plastics
d TAG:
• d TAG is a sophisticated tagging system, allowing you to implant forensic information
• The d TAG is currently under development and we look forward to working in partnership
with you to complete the development stage
Tyre Disposal
A global problem (illegal dumping,
stockpiles, tyre mountains)
An unsightly and unproductive use
of land and a public-health hazard
Annual tyre production in 2011
exceeded 1 billion across 450
factories worldwide
Almost half of all rubber produced
is used in tyres
Copyright Symphony Recycling Technologies Ltd
SymTyre-S300
Symphony has developed a simple solution to
one of the world’s biggest waste problems
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Plastic:
 Lightweight
 Flexible
 Strong/Durable
 Economical
 Heat sealable
 Impervious to moisture
 Printable
 Recyclable
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BUT
PLASTIC CAN LAST FOR MANY
DECADES IN THE ENVIRONMENT
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THE PROBLEM
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d2w Technology
The fundamental point about this technology is that
the d2w additive included at manufacture turns
ordinary plastic at the end of its useful life in the
presence of oxygen into a material with a different
molecular structure.
At that stage it is NO LONGER A PLASTIC and has
become a material which is inherently biodegradable
in the open environment in the same way as a leaf.
It does NOT just cause plastic to fragment
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LEGISLATION
The governments of the following countries carefully considered d2w
technology as an option for dealing with the problem of plastic waste
which escapes into the open environment. They then passed
legislation which makes it mandatory to use the technology :Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzogovina,
Albania, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Mauritania, DR
Congo, Mali, Togo, Cameroun, Yemen, Iran, Ecuador, Brazil (part) and
Argentina (part). Other countries will be following their example.
WHY?
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LEGISLATION
PLASTICS FACTORIES WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO EXPORT TO THOSE
COUNTRIES UNLESS THEY ARE USING
d2w TECHNOLOGY
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PLASTICS INDUSTRY
• Now adopting d2w all over the world to
defend itself from complaints that their
products will pollute the environment for
decades.
• There is no longer any need for, nor excuse
for, old-fashioned conventional plastic for
disposable products
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LEGISLATION - ITALY
The UK (and the EU Commission) have objected because the proposed plastic
bag ban was not only illegal under EU law, but was an attempt to give an unfair
advantage to a large Italian company by exempting the type of biodegradable
plastic made by them from the ban. For details see the OPA website
www.biodeg.org. The Italian legislation is not therefore likely to be allowed by
the EU.
Their type of plastic is designed to biodegrade in the special conditions found in
industrial composting, and it cannot be recycled with normal plastic, so Italy has
chosen the wrong type. It is much too expensive for everyday use, and you
cannot even make compost from it, because it quickly converts to CO2 gas
which is then emitted to atmosphere.
If Italy is really concerned about plastic litter it should exempt oxobiodegradable plastic from the ban, as other countries have already done
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CROATIA IN THE EU
Croatia will have to comply with the Essential Requirements in the Packaging
Waste Directive.
(d) Biodegradable packaging waste shall be of such a nature that it is capable
of undergoing physical, chemical, thermal or biological decomposition such that
most of the finished compost ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide,
biomass and water.
D2w plastic satisfies these criteria
Commission have confirmed that not necessary to comply with EN 13432
No tyres to landfill
Soon no plastic to landfill
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NOT a disposal option
Nobody is suggesting
that biodegradable
plastics should simply
be thrown away
BUT –North Pacific
garbage patch
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HOW DOES IT WORK?
FOUR STAGES
1.SHELF-LIFE - as long as required
2.SERVICE-LIFE- as long as required
3.OXIDATION PHASE – a few months only
4.BIODEGRADATION PHASE – timescale not
important
See http://www.biodeg.org/files/uploaded/biodeg/Timescale_for_Degradation.pdf
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WHAT DOES IT COST?
99.5% made with the same raw-materials as
ordinary plastic. It does not use vegetable
materials.
Little or no on-cost
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RELEVANT STANDARDS
• d2w plastic can be tested according to ASTM
D6954-04 – “Standard Guide for Plastics that
Degrade in the Environment by a Combination
of Oxidation and Biodegradation”
• Also UAE Standard 5009:2009
• British Standard 8472
• Swedish Standard SPCR 141
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Standards - oxo
These Standards measure:
Tier 1 – Degradability
Tier 2 - Biodegradability
Tier 3 - Eco-toxicity
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LITTER
There is no evidence that
degradable plastic of any
kind encourages littering
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WHAT IS IT NOT FOR?
LANDFILL
• Already disposed of
• Degradation deep in landfill is not
desirable
• Methane is not generated by oxo but it is
by bio-based plastics
• So bio-based should not be sent to
landfill
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WHAT IS IT NOT FOR?
COMPOSTING
• Composting standards require 90% of the plastic to
convert to CO2 gas within 180 days – You cannot
therefore make compost from “compostable” plastic
– only CO2
• It is not “recovery”
• d2w plastic retains the carbon for much longer, and
is better for the soil – but does not emit CO2 fast
enough for these standards
• Composters don't want post-consumer plastic
anyway
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HOW SAFE IS IT?
• d2w plastics pass the eco-toxicity tests in EN
13432, ASTM D6954 and BS8472 to confirm
that they are not toxic
• They also satisfy the requirements of EN13432
to confirm the absence of heavy metals and
other toxic and hazardous substances
• They also conform to EU and US requirements
for direct contact with food
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HOW IS IT USED?
It can be manufactured with existing
machinery
No change of supplier or loss of jobs
Suitable for PE, PP, or PS
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What can you do with Oxo-bio Plastic ?
RECYCLING
d2w plastic can be recycled
during its service-life, with
normal oil-based plastics
http://www.biodeg.org/positionpapers/recycling/?domain=biodeg.org
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IN WHICH APPLICATIONS?
 Rigid products such as bottles and cups
 Food packaging
 Carrier bags or “shopper-bags” which consumers use to take away their
purchases from the shop
 Refuse sacks, which consumers buy in rolls at the shop, and use for disposal of
their ordinary household waste.
 Aprons, for the protection of garments, in the home, hospitals, restaurants,
workshops etc.
 Bin liners, Gloves, Bread bags, Frozen food bags
 Wrappers for cigarette packets
 Shrink-wrap, pallet-wrap and “Bubble-wrap”
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Bio-based compostable
• d2w plastic is intended to degrade in the open environment – but
“Compostable” is designed for industrial composting - so no good for
Europe’s plastic litter problem
• Costs up to 400% more - d2w costs less than 5% more, and can be
zero
• d2w plastic is made from by-product of oil or gas which used to be
wasted
• “Compostable” is made from crops – using land & water which should
be growing food.
• “Compostable” is NOT renewable (because of fossil fuels consumed in
the production process)
• d2w is stronger and more versatile.
• d2w can be recycled but compostable cannot.
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Life-cycle Assessment
• In 2011 the UK Environment Agency published
a comparison of different types of shopping
bag.
• It concluded that d2w bags have a better LCA
than compostable plastic bags or paper bags.
• Long-life bags - breeding ground for bacteria –
unless made with d2p
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
• WWW.d2w.NET
• WWW.BIODEG.ORG
• dc@d2w.NET
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