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The plastic bag that dissolves in water

Posted by: Maven on December 28, 2009 at 7:21 am

dissolving bagFrom Environmental Graffiti:

“Vanishing without a trace might not be appreciated in friends and lovers but is an excellent relationship to have with one’s used packaging material. What becomes a pile of plastic garbage is that it should just disappear into thin air, right? Well, a newly developed plastic bag does just that – it completely dissolves in water.

Companies use it when sending their products, magazines for example, to users, who can simply dissolve it at home – no trace of the bag left, less plastic on the environment. Our only question is: Why hasn’t anyone come up with this concept before?

Cyberpac, a UK-based packaging company, has developed a range of products – called Harmless – that use a hydro-degradable plastic that is up to three times stronger than polythene, lighter and leaves no damaging residue after dissolving in water. A bit skeptical of this promise, we’ve taken a look at the dissolving bag’s actual disappearing act. … “

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December 28, 2009 · Filed Under Water Quality

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One Response to “The plastic bag that dissolves in water”

  1. Mike on December 28th, 2009 10:28 pm

    This nearly sounds too good to be true. What’s the catch?

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