Summary
THE first biodegradable bottle has gone on sale in Britain - heralding a new era in the battle against the mountain of plastic packaging in our shopping baskets.
The container, for trendy mineral water brand Belu, is capable of breaking down in fewer than 100 days in soil. At present, plastic bottles are recycled by councils at processing plants or simply dumped in landfill sites, but environmentalists have given the "bio- bottle" a mixed reaction, saying it could confuse consumers and undermine efforts to boost recycling.See the full content of this document
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Corn-Based 'Bio-Bottle' Turns Into Plant Food
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