Environmental Broadcaster and Journalist Discusses Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics

Leading Environmentalist talks about oxo-biodegradable Plastic.

Chris Packham, environmental broadcaster, photographer, and journalist joined the Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association earlier this year as its Environmental Advisor. Following this year's high level of exposure of "oxo-biodegradable" plastics in the news, Chris spoke to the OPA to highlight the need for change in relation to managing waste, and gave his views on the advantages of using oxo-bio plastic technology.

“There would be no North Pacific garbage patch if all the plastic had been oxo-biodegradable,” comments Chris, re-enforcing the need for this technology to be made compulsory, as is the case in the UAE.

He later goes on to say “the recommendations in the Loughborough Report aren't entirely justified, and there is certainly some confusion when it comes to oxo-biodegradable plastics in relation to re-cycling and composting.”