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19th January 2021

The Michael Stephen Column – Bioplastics News

7th January 2021

Intertek Report to European Chemicals Agency

6th January 2021

Symphony Sues the EU

5th January 2021

OPA response to Scottish Government Consultation

10th December 2020

Symphony Environmental USA Receives 2020 Best of Jacksonville Award

30th November 2020

Gloves and facemasks that destroy viruses

12th November 2020

OPINION: Oxo-biodegradable plastic and bans

6th November 2020

Symphony director speaks at Westminster Forum

1st November 2020

Plastics in the Environment – OPA briefing note

30th October 2020

Colombian company Promociones Fantásticas launches drinking straws which are both antimicrobial and biodegradable

19th October 2020

OPA response to Welsh Government consultation

16th October 2020

Largest bakery in Turkey launches d2w packaging

14th September 2020

Positive Coronavirus test results in shorter timescales

4th September 2020

New French study confirms d2w oxo-biodegradable plastic will biodegrade in seawater

10th August 2020

OPA Critical of HSAC Report

7th August 2020

OPA Responds to Swiss Report

27th July 2020

Symphony’s d2p tested on Coronavirus

23rd July 2020

First Plastic To Kill Corona Virus

22nd July 2020

Bahrain bans non-degradable plastic

5th July 2020

RECYCLING

25th June 2020

OXO-bio v Compostable Plastics – article by Axel Barrett

5th June 2020

Symphony Environmental credited for ‘Super Plastics’ campaign

5th June 2020

Symphony responds to attack by BBIA

27th March 2020

Re-usable bags are not the Answer

18th March 2020

Singapore likes oxo-biodegradable plastic

9th March 2020

How the Plastic Panic Hurts Us- Click Here to Listen

6th March 2020

Symphony live on CGTN News

6th March 2020

How the F&B sector can address the issue of plastic pollution

26th February 2020

FDA approves symphony’s antimicrobial bread packaging

24th February 2020

“The Perverse Panic over Plastic” City Journal

17th February 2020

Symphony’s Group Director of Technical, Radu Baciu, interviewed by the BBC about Symphony’s technologies for protecting public health.

11th February 2020

Queen Mary University London Report

24th January 2020

CIWM Magazine – Why supermarkets should not “cave in to plastiphobia”

20th January 2020

OPA Comment on Green Alliance Report

19th December 2019

Lumijor are prioritising protecting the environment in the Dominican Republic with d2w packaging

26th November 2019

Sustainable Development (Article – ABRE 25-11-19)

18th November 2019

OPA Comments on EMF report

12th November 2019

Report says it would be a mistake to ban plastic packaging

17th October 2019

Stock Exchange gives Symphony a special mention

11th October 2019

OPA submission to BEIS Call for Evidence

8th October 2019

Setting the record straight on oxo-biodegradable plastics

17th September 2019

OPA Chairman interviewed by Voice of Islam radio.

5th September 2019

Symphony CEO talks about d2p Protective technologies

2nd September 2019

Symphony Environmental Director interviewed about d2w plastic technology

2nd September 2019

Industry Association Strikes back at proposed EU ban on oxo-degradable.

22nd August 2019

Grupo Bimbo presents new biodegradable packaging program

16th August 2019

Very important study on biodegradable plastic

15th August 2019

Redesigning plastic could help solve the plastics problem

22nd July 2019

Former MEP says there is no scientific justification for European policy on plastics

16th July 2019

Speech at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum

3rd July 2019

OPA Chairman answers questions on oxo-biodegradability

23rd June 2019

Britain’s lead in biodegradable plastic stymied by Brussels – James Rothwell

12th April 2019

OPA Comments on Plymouth Study

28th March 2019

Plastics Chiefs blast the EU, by Maggie Pagano

30th November 2018

UK Judge finds the case for oxo-biodegradable plastic proven

28th November 2018

Un Juge Britannique trouve les arguments sue les plastique oxo-biodégradable irrefutables

27th November 2018

Juez del reino unido considera el caso del plástico oxobiodegradable probadoj

19th September 2018

Not surprising that bio-plastics cause problems for recycling

20th July 2018

Response to BBC coverage on oxo-biodegradable plastic

30th May 2018

OPA responds to MSU Report

29th May 2018

Symphony Environmental at the European Business Summit in Brussels

3rd May 2018

Launch Today – First disposable antimicrobial examination glove made with d2p technology

18th April 2018

Results of YouGov Survey

29th January 2018

Film on BBC World Service introducing d2w oxo-biodegradable plastic technology

19th January 2018

OPA responds to EU Commission Report

5th January 2018

Carrier Bag Litter up 38% in Scotland, since charge was introduced

5th January 2018

Why oxo-biodegradable plastic technology can help

4th December 2017

Upgrade the plastic don’t ban or tax it

10th October 2017

OPA Chairman speaks at EU Plastics Conference

21st August 2017

Reply from Professor Jakubowicz to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation

11th August 2017

OPA response to EU Microplastics consultation

13th January 2017

University of Nottingham- Plastic from shrimp shells?

14th August 2016

OPA Comments on Eunomia Report

9th August 2016

Symphony responds to BPF

26th July 2016

Tacoma City bag ban is unscientific & unsustainable

16th July 2016

Are we there yet? (new analysis by experts in ocean currents)

7th June 2016

First Airline in the world to convert all of their flexible plastics to d2w oxobiodegradable technology

16th September 2015

OPA Comments on UNEP Report

27th August 2015

Another lesson in why bag bans don’t work

18th August 2015

How a ban on plastic bags can go wrong

5th August 2015

Majority of Britons believe all plastic bags should be recyclable and biodegradable

8th January 2015

Italian court ruling (2015) on marketing of oxo-biodegradable plastic

8th September 2013

Successful farm trial for oxo-film

16th June 2010

Polymer suppliers not understanding the benefits of oxo-biodegradable technology

11th March 2010

OPA Comment on Loughborough University Report