Symphony Environmental is a British Public Company dedicated to Controlled-life Plastic Technology, and is present in more than 90 countries worldwide.
Symphony is a member of the Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association (www.biodeg.org), the Society for the Chemical Industry (UK) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Symphony holds an ISO 9001-2008 certificate for quality management.
The problem with plastic is that it can lie around for decades if it gets into the environment, but Symphony has developed a low-cost insurance. It is a special formulation called d2w Controlled-life Plastic Technology which is included in the polymer at the extrusion stage. It makes plastic self-destruct in the presence of oxygen on land or water at the end of its service-life, but until then it has no effect on the product, which can be re-used.
It can be made to degrade from as little as six months onwards, leaving no fragments nor “heavy metals,' and without emitting methane, even when buried in landfill. It can be recycled with normal plastics, or incinerated for energy-recovery. d2w is certified safe for food-contact and has been proved not to be eco-toxic.
d2w Controlled-life Plastic products are made from a by-product of oil which used to be wasted, so nobody is importing extra oil to make them. They can be made with the same machinery and workforce as ordinary plastic so there is no need to disrupt the supply-chain and there is little or no on-cost.
Not surprisingly they are now being used by major companies around the world, and last year Symphony sold enough d2w to make 5 billion plastic products. Users include Tesco, the London Science Museum, Subway, Sunday Times, SNCF-French Railways, Brazilian Post Office, KFC, Pizza Hut, Marriott Hotels, Chevron, Barclays Bank, and the Bimbo Group of Latin America - one of the largest bakeries in the world.