Change plastic for good® BDP®
BDP® is an organic ingredient that is added into the recycled PET during the extrusion process. Products made with the inclusion of BDP® maintain all the same properties as regular PET rigid films. The shelf life, appearance, recyclability, clarity, and strength all remain. When the products are discarded, naturally occurring microbes consume them entirely, leaving behind only natural remnants.
BDP® Layer Structure
How does Change plastic for good® BDP® work?
BDP® is made up of nutrients found in organic crude oil. These nutrients are consumed as a natural food source for microbes, with natural gas as a byproduct.
These nutrients, which are normally burned during processing, are fused onto the polymer chain, tricking the microbes into thinking the BDP® treated plastics are the same food source. Once the product is discarded into landfill, ocean or under soil, the microbes utilize the plastic as a food and energy source, accelerating the biodegradation process.
What used to take thousands of years, now takes only a few years as microbes consume the entire product. The only thing that remains are the same byproducts as decaying organic matter; biomass and biogas that can be captured to produce clean energy.
What are the benefits BDP®?
• Plastics, rubber, foam and synthetic fibres have all been tested and proven to have accelerated biodegradation in ocean, landfill and under soil, when treated with BDP®
• BDP® is FDA GRAS/EU compliant and has been migration tested to be safe for food contact. It is REACH, EINECS, RoHS, Prop 65, and CFIA compliant. All ingredients have been tested via Intertek to be non toxic and also toy safety tested.
• BDP® products are recyclable where accepted. They do not cause microplastics. On the contrary BDP® is a solution for microplastics in oceans, as these small particles are nearly impossible to recover.
• With a strong consumer facing brand story that focuses on being a ‘gold standard’ for TRUE sustainability, the butterfly represents a movement. Consumers and brands alike, become the hero when choosing Change Plastic for Good®. This happens with our technology but also our unique plastic clean up story.
What BDP® is not.
• BDP® treated plastics do not have a defined shelf life or special storage conditions to maintain integrity.
• BDP® treated plastics do not leave any toxic residue behind if incinerated or after biodegradation.
• BDP® is organic and is not based on technologies involving transitional metal salts or oxidative processes.
• BDP® does not inhibit recycling of plastics as is based on fossil oil
compounds that are intrinsically compatible with plastics. BDP® is dormant and becomes so diluted that it will not affect the quality of recycled plastics.
• BDP® treated plastics do not have a defined shelf life or special storage conditions to maintain integrity.
• BDP® treated plastics do not have a defined shelf life or special storage conditions to maintain integrity.