What is Reverte™

PET plastic bottles incorporating the Reverte™ Oxo Biodegradable additive are fully compatible within current municipal collection and recycling prgrams without any contamination to the other plastics being recycled. Planet Green fully supports and encourages recycling as a means to re-use and re-process plastics for other products, including bottles.

Reverte™ is a proprietary additive for PET plastics that is completely harmless to humans, animals and plant life and are non-toxic, leaving no known harmful residues in the soil or waste streams.

• Plastics incorporating Reverte™ will ultimately biodegrade into CO2, H2O and biomass when discarded whether ending up in any viable landfill or another viable part of the waste stream.
• Compared with other oxo-biodegradable additives available on the market Reverte™ additives contain a two part control package which differentiates it as follows:
• Firstly, the Reverte™ additive control package is photo-initiated which means that the oxo-breakdown reaction doesn't significantly begin before the product is discarded and exposed to UV light and/or heat. Reverte™ therefore gives an enhanced level of confidence compared to other biodegradable additives, particularly with respect to “fit-for-purpose” product life times.

• Secondly, Reverte™ has secondary phase biodegradation promoters which assist the growth of microbial colonies. This speeds up and facilitates the ultimate biodegradation of the plastic following the initial oxo-breakdown.

The above are unique to Reverte™ and the secondary phase biodegradation promoters are particularly invaluable in situations where little or no UV light or heat is available since in these circumstances the Reverte™ biodegradation process is more likely to continue.

• Plastics incorporating Reverte™ do not emit any offensive odours during their oxo-biodegradation.
• Reverte™ additives comply with FDA, Health Canada and EC Food Contact regulations.