Sinopec and Tsinghua University jointly research degradable plastics report released

On September 26, the "Environmental Impact Assessment and Policy Support Research Project Report on Degradable Plastics" jointly researched by Sinopec and Tsinghua University (click here to download the report) was officially released
.

Degradable plastics refer to plastics that can be degraded into environmentally sound substances under specific natural environmental conditions after use
.

The "Report" gives answers to the outstanding problems that need to be solved in the field of degradable plastics, such as whether degradable plastics have better environment-friendly characteristics than traditional plastics, whether degradable plastics can achieve the role of plastic environmental leakage control in the alternative to traditional plastics, and the use of degradable plastics
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The "Report" believes that there are structural contradictions in the current use of degradable plastic products, and it is necessary to face up to the application scenarios of degradable materials and the effective layout
of production capacity.

The "Report" proposes that in the existing terminal treatment facilities, the environmental impact of degradable plastics and traditional plastics is not much different, and it is necessary to clarify the whitelist of degradable plastic application scenarios, and the use scenarios of plastic products with direct environmental leakage are used as the premise for
the formulation and introduction of degradable plastic alternatives in various places.

The "Report" suggests that, based on the actual running time of China's industrial composting and anaerobic fermentation processes, the degradation time evaluation index of degradable plastics should be corrected, the degradation time of industrial compost should be adjusted to 30 days, and the degradation limit time of anaerobic fermentation should be adjusted to 40 days
.