I received my climbing mag in the post yesterday and saw it had been wrapped in Oxidegradable plastic, which to be honest is not something I'd heard of. Gave it a quick Google and got nothing, but on closer inspection there's a website in the logo that's just legible (see link below).
It's got an alarming number to represent the number of bags we've consumed globally this year. The number increases very quickly as you watch it, which is quite sobering to look at and makes me feel quite pleased with my New Years resolution to try and avoid carrier bags at all costs and try to only use the reusable ones.
Apparently this plastic can be recycled or land filled and will biodegrade harmlessly within 90 days or up to 6 years depending on the grade you use. I guess there's a cost issue as to why it's not being used more, especially for food packaging, which is so hard to recycle (my local council doesn't like the stuff).
Sadly the little logo I saw was printed not on the plastic, but on a sheet of paper inside (with my address on etc.), which didn't seem to be recycled or made from a renewable source, so some room for improvement, but still a step in a positive direction.
