Can I include d2w plastic in my Obaggo disk? The web says "Polyethylene and polypropylene products containing masterbatches such as d2w can be safely recycled at no extra cost into short-life and long-life products without separation from ordinary PE and PP." so I think it is ok, but wanted to check first!
Thanks.
Ok, thanks for checking on it! I guess the sentence I found that "Polyethylene and polypropylene products containing masterbatches such as d2w can be safely recycled at no extra cost into short-life and long-life products without separation from ordinary PE and PP." is misleading then. That's disappointing.
Hi Gwyneth, thanks for your question. I had to look up what D2W plastic is, and I found that "D2W is a type of biodegradable plastic technology that uses an additive to accelerate the degradation of plastic products. This additive, when exposed to oxygen and UV light, breaks down the plastic into smaller particles, making it more susceptible to biodegradation by microorganisms, ultimately converting it into natural substances like water, carbon dioxide, and biomass." So by this definition, it is not a desirable material to have in an Obaggo disk. Biodegradable plastics pose a real threat to plastic recycling, since they are very hard to distinguish the difference, and the resultant plastic resin now has biodegrading properties that are almost always considered undesirable.