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Why is
this
important
to the
environment?
Conventional
plastics
have
excellent
properties
¡V they
are
strong,
impermeable
to
liquids
and
gases,
easy to
process
into
complex
forms
and they
are
inexpensive.
They are
reusable
and can
be
recycled.
They are
ideal
for
single
use
applications
such as
packaging
but,
because
of their
chemical
inertness,
they
persist
in the
environment
for a
long
time
when
they are
discarded.
Oxo-biodegradable
technology
allows
for the
retention
of all
of these
good
properties
and it
accelerates
the rate
at which
these
products
return
to the
ecosystem
when
they are
ultimately
discarded
in one
of the
following
ways:
