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Biodegradable plastics Aim: weigh evidence and form balanced judgements about some of the major environmental issues facing society.

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1 Biodegradable plastics Aim: weigh evidence and form balanced judgements about some of the major environmental issues facing society.

2 Supermarket plastic bags Britain gets through between 10 billion and 17 billion plastic bags every year.

3 Supermarket plastic bags They all carry a recycle symbol but most are just thrown away.

4 Supermarket plastic bags In the Republic of Ireland there is a tax on each bag. People take their own shopping bags instead. The British Government are studying the Irish example.

5 Supermarket plastic bags Each one takes 100 years to rot….. Digital Vision 15(NT)

6 Biodegradable plastic bags This is not the only supermarket to use biodegradable bags. …but not these ones Paul Connell

7 Symphony plastics make a range of biodegradable plastic products. www.degradable.net Look out for their flash animation on: http://www.degradable.net/how/summary.shtml See also http://www.biopac.co.uk/ They have lots of pictures of their products and ‘environmental information’

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