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http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2014\/10\/ftc-staff-warns-plastic-waste-bag-marketers-their-oxodegradable<\/a>\n\nFTC Staff Warns Plastic Waste Bag Marketers That Their ?Oxodegradable?\nClaims May Be Deceptive\n\nOctober 21, 2014\n\nStaff of the Federal Trade Commission has sent letters warning 15\nmarketers of ?oxodegradable? plastic waste bags that their\noxodegradable, oxo biodegradable, or biodegradable claims may be deceptive.\n\nOxodegradable plastic is made with an additive intended to cause it to\ndegrade in the presence of oxygen. Most waste bags are intended to be\ndeposited in landfills, however, where not enough oxygen likely exists\nfor oxodegradable bags to completely degrade in the time consumers\nexpect. Contrary to the marketing, therefore, these bags may be no more\nbiodegradable than ordinary plastic waste bags when used as intended.\n\n?If marketers don?t have reliable scientific evidence for their claims,\nthey shouldn?t make them,? said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC?s\nBureau of Consumer Protection. ?Claims that products are environmentally\nfriendly influence buyers, so it?s important they be accurate.?\n\nThe staff notified 15 marketers that they may be deceiving consumers\nbased on the agency's 2012 revisions to its Guides For the Use of\nEnvironmental Marketing Claims (the Green Guides). Based on studies\nabout how consumers understand biodegradable claims, the Green Guides\nadvise that unqualified ?degradable? or ?biodegradable? claims for items\nthat are customarily disposed in landfills, incinerators, and recycling\nfacilities are deceptive because these locations do not present\nconditions in which complete decomposition will occur within one year.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2014\/10\/ftc-staff-warns-plastic-waste-bag-marketers-their-oxodegradable FTC Staff Warns Plastic Waste Bag Marketers That Their ?Oxodegradable? Claims May Be Deceptive October 21, 2014 Staff of the Federal Trade Commission has sent letters warning 15 marketers of ?oxodegradable? plastic waste bags that their oxodegradable, oxo biodegradable, or biodegradable claims may be deceptive. Oxodegradable plastic is made with an additive intended to cause it to degrade in the presence of oxygen. Most waste bags are intended to be deposited in landfills, however, where not enough oxygen likely exists for oxodegradable bags to completely degrade in the time consumers expect. Contrary to the marketing, therefore, these bags may be no more biodegradable than ordinary plastic waste bags when used as intended. ?If marketers don?t have reliable scientific evidence for their claims, they shouldn?t make them,? said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC?s Bureau of Consumer Protection. ?Claims that products are environmentally friendly influence buyers, so it?s important they be accurate.? The staff notified 15 marketers that they may be deceiving consumers based on the agency’s 2012 revisions to its Guides For the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (the Green Guides). Based on studies about how consumers understand biodegradable claims, the Green Guides advise that unqualified ?degradable? or ?biodegradable? claims for items that are customarily disposed in landfills, incinerators, and recycling facilities are deceptive because these locations do not present conditions in which complete decomposition will occur within one year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[3557],"yoast_head":"\nFTC Staff Warns Plastic Waste Bag Marketers That Their "Oxodegradable" - One Earth - One Ocean e. V.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/nonresearch-en\/2014\/ftc-staff-warns-plastic-waste-bag-marketers-that-their-oxodegradable\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FTC Staff Warns Plastic Waste Bag Marketers That Their "Oxodegradable" - One Earth - One Ocean e. V.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2014\/10\/ftc-staff-warns-plastic-waste-bag-marketers-their-oxodegradable FTC Staff Warns Plastic Waste Bag Marketers That Their ?Oxodegradable? Claims May Be Deceptive October 21, 2014 Staff of the Federal Trade Commission has sent letters warning 15 marketers of ?oxodegradable? plastic waste bags that their oxodegradable, oxo biodegradable, or biodegradable claims may be deceptive. Oxodegradable plastic is made with an additive intended to cause it to degrade in the presence of oxygen. Most waste bags are intended to be deposited in landfills, however, where not enough oxygen likely exists for oxodegradable bags to completely degrade in the time consumers expect. Contrary to the marketing, therefore, these bags may be no more biodegradable than ordinary plastic waste bags when used as intended. ?If marketers don?t have reliable scientific evidence for their claims, they shouldn?t make them,? said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC?s Bureau of Consumer Protection. ?Claims that products are environmentally friendly influence buyers, so it?s important they be accurate.? 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