Kaneka Green Planet® – A Biobased Alternative to Traditional Plastic – PHA
Kaneka Green Planet® – A Biobased Alternative to Traditional Plastic – PHA

Biodegradability

Biodegradability

Kaneka Green Planet® Will Degrade In Various Environments

Kaneka Green Planet® compound grades are stable under everyday usage conditions. Kaneka Green Planet compounds will begin to degrade and convert back to nature if disposed of in various environments depending on conditions.

Please click the links below to see the charts:

Hydrolysis
Stability

Anaerobic Biodegradability

Aerobic Biodegradability

Marine Biodegradability

Kaneka Green Planet® Compounds are Both Biobased

and Biodegradable

Available Materials, New and Conventional

Source: European Plastics – Environmental Communication Guide

For more information, see our compostability / degradability disclaimer

Fossil-Based Plastics Last a Lifetime!

Kaneka believes that an alternative solution is necessary because our landfills and our oceans are filling up with waste that takes many years to disappear.

Biodegradability of

Kaneka Green Planet®

Film

Biodegradability of Kaneka Green Planet 20 micron film in soil @ 30°c

For more information, see our compostability / degradability disclaimer