Polymateria

Polymateria’s revolutionary biotransformation technology is a new approach to ensuring that plastic that has escaped refuse streams can fully biodegrade in the natural environment.

Our scientists have created a proprietary formulation for plastics that makes it possible.

Polymateria has supported the development of new standards for polymer analysis, eco-toxicity, and biodegradability testing. We have worked alongside a diverse steering group of technical specialists, including those from Imperial College London, Avient and BEIS, to help framework these standards, informed by Polymateria’s own strict internal criteria.

This has led to the development of a new British standard for biodegradable plastic. The new BSI PAS 9017 addresses a significant gap in the plastics landscape to ensure claims about biodegradability can be independently verified without causing any harm to the environment.