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Best biodegradable wipes

Traditional wet wipes can contain plastics and other materials that take decades or longer to decompose. They also use preservatives and other chemicals that are harmful to the environment. Thankfully ...
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Biodegradable wet wipes remain in rivers for more than five weeks

For five weeks, the team tracked the degradation of the wet wipes in these locations by testing their tensile strength loss, and recording environmental factors such as microbial biomass, water ...
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Berry Global Expands Its Capabilities With Investment in European Nonwovens Capacity, Providing Added Flexible Capacity for Biodegradable Content for Hard Surface Disinfectant ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), a leading global nonwovens manufacturer, announced its second investment for 2021 in the wipes segment to support the ...
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Not so biodegradable after all! 'Flushable' wet wipes remain in the system for more than 5 WEEKS where they congeal into massive fatbergs, study warns

Wet wipes marketed as 'biodegradable' may linger in the environment for longer than you expected, a new study reveals. According to the researchers at Cardiff University, most wipes persist for more ...
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Biodegradable Wet Wipes Remain in Rivers for More Than Five Weeks

Scientists have tested, for the first time, how biodegradable wet wipes break down when flushed rather than composted, discovering that most wipes remain after five weeks – a finding the research team ...