What makes plastics biodegradable? These are polymers whose carbon chains can be weakened by a special additive, or by raw material such as starch, a natural polymer obtained from corn, wheat or potatoes.
At the time of its manufacture, which will cause the decrease of its molecular weight and the consequent loss of its properties during a certain period, much less than that of conventional plastics and equivalent to or greater than that of cellulose.
Finally, the rest of the work would correspond to the bacteria, which convert them into water, carbon dioxide and a small amount of biomass.
DOES IT RECYCLE PAPER RECYCLING?
Recycled paper is not necessarily ecological: it all depends on the process used. Many times the bleaching of recycled paper is done with chlorine, which is as polluting as manufacturing it in a conventional way. The difference between ‘recycled’ and ‘ecological’ paper is that the latter uses a non-polluting process to bleach it, from hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen peroxide) or ozone.
This paper pulp bleaching system is called PFC (Chlorine Free Process) , to produce TCF (Total Chlorine Free) paper. Likewise, it is worth mentioning that this element contaminates when it reacts with wood molecules, since it generates substances known as organochlorines that directly affect the immune system of man.