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The Environmentally Friendly 100% degradable & Re-usable mailing bag - This is our new revolutionary mailing bag. The only TRUE GREEN !! Mailing bags available in the UK.
We have ensured with Degradamailer®, that we have manufactured them to be as environmentally friendly as possible. First, we use a min of 35% of recycled films when extruding the polythene film which is used to manufacture Degradamailer®. This means that we have used less energy to produce the film.
Secondly, we have added to the Degradamailer®, our revolutionary 100% Degradable Biothene. This means that the Degradamailer® will degrade and naturally biodegrade within 12-18 months subject to conditions of landfill, water, heat and air.
Thirdly, we have added the benefit of being able to re-use the Degradamailer®. Instead of having the industry standard 1 x permanent self adhesive glue strip on the lip of the mailing bag, we have made the lip bigger on Degradamailer® and put 2 on. Along with printed instructions on how to open the bag, if followed, this means that the recipient of the Degradamailer®, can if they wish re-use the bag.
Degradamailer® is manufactured in a green outer, black inner 60mu COEX Film, and we are currently changing this to a 70mu Green Mono LDPE Film. This means that they are 100% Opaque, you cannot see through the film at all! We have then overprinted the outside of the bag in gold and also incorporated a white write on franking panel, for ease of addressing, labelling, stamping the Degradamailer®
The Degradamailer® starts to degrade upon exposure to UV light and/or heat and then continues to biologically degrade, even if kept in the dark. Having said that, once we have manufactured our Degradamailers and packaged them for sale, they can still be stored for up to 12 months.
Degradamailers contain our specially formulated additive called Biothene® which degrades the whole material under the influence of light and heat. The additive contains active metal ions that are embedded in the matrix of the Degradamailer. A typical addition rate of between 3 and 5% of the additive will produce a photochemically and thermally degradable film.
"BIOTHENE". Our revolutionary polythene film additive 100% degradable. More information on this is available by clicking this link.
Degradamailers® will not degrade before being exposed to UV light. Once the film has been exposed, the degradation reaction is triggered and continues even in the dark, such as would be expected when mixed with the normal waste stream and buried in a landfill site. The rate of degradation is accelerated by heat.
Once the polythene film has been transformed into a fine powder, studies have shown that biological degradation will then take place. The end products of biodegradation will be carbon dioxide and water, with a very small residue (<5% of the original mass) of non-toxic, inert mineral material. The biological degradation can start when the molecular weight of the original polymers have been significantly reduced and when the surface area of the disintegrated plastic is sufficiently enlarged. The whole process will typically take 3 to 6 months.
Food Contact: the active ingredients in Biothene® films are approved for use in food contact applications according to directive 2002/72/EC which is the consolidation directive incorporating 90/128/EC and its amendments. There are no specific migration limits.
Four sizes of Degradamailer® are available to buy from stock:
245 x 350mm + 70mm Lip
305 x 405mm + 70mm Lip
330 x 485mm + 70mm Lip
435 x 560mm + 70mm Lip
