Self Destroying Plastic

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

137

Date Released

1974

Length of issue (in feet)

457

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Spastic Births
2. 2Self Destroying Plastic
3. 3Spode Statuettes

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: To make waste plastics auto-destruct in five weeks you just add starch to the plastic in manufacture. Bacteria in the soil will break down the starch and break up the waste plastic.

Keywords

Environment; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/137

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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