PROVEN TO BE MORE EFFICIENT THAN PLASTICS
FilmORGANIC products are different from other brands because FilmORGANIC products are compostable, making them better for the environment and for you.
| Plastic | FILMORGANIC | Photo, Oxo and Bio-degradable plastic | |
| Breakdown process | Pick-up | Compostable | Fragmentation 1 |
| Toxic residue free | ✓ |
✓ |
× |
| Microplastic contamination free | × |
✓ |
× |
| Composition | Plastic | Tapioca base | Plastic, heavy metals, organic compounds, transition metals, pro-oxidants 3 |
| Certified compostable biodegradable | × |
✓ |
× |
| Predictable lifespan | No | Yes, between 3 to 16 months | No, unpredictable from year to year. Can be too fast 4 or too slow 5 |
| End of life | Pick-up by hand, throw away | Disk-in soil, no mowing, no slicing | Mow, slice, disk |
| USDA friendly | × |
✓ |
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The identity of oxo-degradable plastic and their use in Switzerland. Project report commissioned by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) March 2020
" The premature degradation may have been caused in part by an additive…" Case No. 1:15CV118MW/GRJ 186 F. Supp. 3d 1297 (2016) United-States District Court, N.D. Florida, Gainesville Division
People of the State of California v. Endo Plastic, LLC. April 8th, 2013. No. 30-2011-0051 8091-CV-MC-CJC (California Supreme Court)
USDA, Memorandum to the National Organic Standards Board. Oct. 16, 2019. Incorporating Sept 2019 Michigan State University Report commissioned by the USDA