Biodegradable Ireland - for bags that don't cost the earth

Welcome to Biodegradable.ie - the website from Polybags UK dedicated to Irish customers who want to do their bit for the environment.

As the UK's number one manufacturer of polythene packaging and eco-friendly alternatives, Polybags has a marketing-leading range of green packaging, including compostable and biodegradable ranges, plus products made from 100% recycled material and carbon-neutral, renewable bioplastic.

Whether you're looking for compostable carrier bags, 100% recycled mailing bags or carbon-neutral packing bags, you'll find all the eco-products you need at Polybags.

We offer fast delivery to Ireland plus no VAT and great savings on bulk orders for Irish customers.

Buy in pounds, save in Euros - with a big buy-in-bulk bonus

With Sterling's weakness in the currency market, your Euros go further, so you can buy in pounds and save in Euros!

New customs regulations and increased courier costs mean that small orders do cost a little more post-Brexit, but Polybags' Irish customers who buy in bulk can still take advantage of free delivery to Ireland.

All orders over £180 come with fast and free delivery - add to that the favourable exchange rate and you've got yourself a bulk-buy packaging bargain!

Our green credentials

Polybags take environmental matters very seriously. As a responsible packaging manufacturer, we understand the responsibility we have as a company, both to our environment and to the generations who will inhabit our planet in the future.

We manufacture a huge range of eco-friendly packaging that minimises environmental impact, whilst still enabling you to get the job done with the minimum of fuss, including a wide range of fully compostable products made from natural, starch-based bio-polymers.

We operate a 100%-recycling principle, with manufacturing processes designed to minimise waste wherever possible. We collect all waste in-house and use it to make new products, unless doing so is less energy-efficient than disposing of it.

Our eco-packaging range is expanding all the time, with our compostable, biodegradable and 100%-recycled ranges now accompanied by many products made from renewable material and our innovative I'm Green carbon-neutral range.

Latest news and views on biodegradable packaging

A Sample Biodegradable Plastic Bag Manufacturing Business Plan Template

Green Zone Biodegradable Plastic Bags Manufacturing Co is a US registered biodegradable plastic business that will be located in Concord New Hampshire. We have been able to lease a facility that is big enough (a 10 thousand square foot facility) to fit into the kind of company that we intend establishing.

What is green packaging material?

United Kingdom: The government has implemented a number of rules and policies, including the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes , which limits the disposal and dumping of solid wastes and makes United Kingdom a leading manufacturer and consumer of green packaging. Additionally, plenty organizations are implementing green packaging solutions to meet increasing consumer demand for environmentally friendly packaging and comply with government regulations. For instance, e-commerce giant Alibaba encourages and rewards its sellers for utilising eco-friendly packaging materials, stimulating market growth.

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Analytical Research Cognizance shares report on Compostable Bags Market which provides the company profile, product specifications, capacity, production value, and market shares for each company. The report will assist reader with better view and decision making.

Reinforcing steel also requirements to be protected from pollution. This normally means only not storing it on the ground. A small rust on the surface does not damage the steel—as a matter of fact a few research recommends that slightly rusted surfaces provide better stick. Fiber reinforcement typically comes in toss-in degradable bags.

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Compostable packaging: a superb view in principle

Compostable packaging is one of multiple solutions needed to prevent waste, circulate materials, and regenerate nature. It is optimal suited to certain scenarios, particularly food and drink applications where it can assist increase the proportion of biological waste collected, treated and recycled, which at the moment stands at only 13% . To increase this rate, industrial facilities need to be scaled globally above the coming years to capture and circulate biological materials, a few of which will be collected alongside compostable food packaging.?

Biodegradable Packaging Materials Market Segmentation: By Regional Segment:

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Why degradable or biodegradable packaging?

Biodegradation is the process by which organic substances are broken down by the enzymes produced by living organisms.

The website Packagingknowledge.com states: "Conventional plastics do not break down. Litter and landfill waste may take years to degrade. Another problem with ordinary plastics is that anything contained within them may not reach their full degradation potential. This results in a needless waste of valuable landfill space."

Based on the material used, bioplastics can take varying lengths of time to totally compost, but usually biodegrade up to 60% within 90 to 180 days. It is also important to know the differences between degradable, biodegradable and compostable.

Compostable

"Capable of undergoing biological decomposition in a compost site as part of an available program, such that the plastic is not visually distinguishable and breaks down to carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds, and biomass, at a rate consistent with known compostable materials (e.g. cellulose) and leaves no toxic residue." - American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM).

So in order for a plastic to be called compostable it needs to meet three rules:

1. It needs to be able to biodegrade, i.e. it needs to break down into carbon dioxide, water and biomass at the same rate as cellulose (paper)
2. The material has to fully disintegrate, i.e. be indistinguishable in the compost
3. Eco-toxicity - the biodegradation must not produce any toxic material so that the compost can support plant growth

Biodegradable plastic

Biodegradable plastic is one which can be chemically degraded via natural effectors such as soil bacteria, weather, plants or animals.

Note that there is no requirement for leaving no toxic residue, as well as no requirement for the time it takes to biodegrade.

Degradable plastic

By definition, this term refers to a plastic film containing a controlled percentage of an appropriate non-toxic, non-tinting additive, which will enable the plastic film to totally degrade when exposed to aerobic or anaerobic conditions, including when disposed in a landfill or other regulated dumping area, and within such period of time as specified.

A plastic therefore may be degradable but not biodegradable or it may be biodegradable but not compostable, i.e. it breaks down too slowly to be called compostable or leaves toxic residue.