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Clariant partners on degradable plastics
Summary
This brief news item reports on Clariant's partnership to develop degradable plastic formulations, highlighting industry interest in alternatives to conventional persistent plastics. Developing truly degradable plastics is relevant to reducing long-term environmental microplastic accumulation.
The specialty chemical maker Clariant will help bring Polymateria’s plastics degradation technology to market in Southeast Asia. Polymateria adds catalysts to polymers that break them into small segments. Light, air, moisture, and microbes in the environment break down the segments even further, Polymateria says. The company adds that the process doesn’t create microplastics and is distinct from controversial oxo-degradable breakdown technology.