PolyNatural® Plant Protectors

PolyNatural® Terrain the material has been tested to biodegrade. Over time and in the right conditions, micro-organisms transform it into nothing more than CO2, water and biomass. It has no adverse effects on the environment and is naturally compostable without requiring a specialised composting facility.

PolyNatural® Terrain Plant Protectors are bio-based polymers ‘Bio-based’ means it is made from biological materials that either occur naturally or are synthesized organic compounds that exist in nature. Often these biological materials come from waste streams of other manufacturing processes, or are synthesized organic compounds. All these are renewable resources, unlike those from fossil origin, which is not renewable.

The raw material used is non-GMO, has no petrochemicals or toxic additives, and comes from waste created from processing wood. That waste is then fermented using micro-organisms and shaped to create a plant protector that can fully degrade in the right soil conditions.

As the PolyNatural® materials are both biodegradable and manufactured from biomass they have the great advantage of presenting a closed loop. C02 and H2O + the biomass from biodegradation feed the growth of plants that themselves could be transformed into bio material.

The raw material (not the product) that is used to make PolyNatural® Terrain Plant Protectors has been tested to Ok Biobased and Ok Compost. We also do our own in house material as well to continue to develop PolyNatural® Terrain Plant Protectors. To learn more about the chemistry see “What is the science around PolyNatural”

Whether it’s made from PolyNatural® Terrain or PolyNatural® Aqua, because it’s manufactured out of biomass and designed to break down over time, it really does depend on the environment it’s in. We are always looking for feedback as to how your plant protectors are going in which environment.

PolyNatural® Terrain Plant Protectors will biodegrade and transform into CO2, water, and biomass when in contact with water, heat, and microbes in the soil. You can either gather them up and put them in general waste or bury it in the soil where it is to break down and become part of the bio cycle for plant growth over and over again.

For both PolyNatural® Terrain and PolyNatural® Aqua, as soon as it comes into contact with microbes it will start to biodegrade. So when not in use, store in a cool dry environment.

Yes, but only if you send it back to us at PolyNatural. Before you send it please contact us. When its returned we can either use it as feedstock for the process or use it in the manufacturing process.

PolyNatural® Terrain Plant Protectors come in packs of 50ea.

The main raw material for PolyNatural is made from a family of naturally occurring polymers which are synthesized by 40% of the worlds microorganisms. Microbes will consume PolyNatural as an energy and carbon source.

PolyNatural exerts no negative effect on the biosphere surrounding them (e.g., on living organisms, cell lines, living tissue, ecosystems). In fact, it acts act as energy/nutrition source to microorganisms and, therefore has a positive effect on the environment.

Factors that influence the rate of PolyNatural biodegradability are the shape and thickness of the product. Environmental factors including humidity, pH-value, temperature, UV-radiation and surrounding microflora.

The main raw material for PolyNatural is manufactured from renewable resources, hence, they do not deplete limited fossil reserves. PolyNatural’s material is truly circular; therefore, these biomaterials are an integral part of the closed carbon cycle of our planet; this means that when PolyNatural bio degrades it does not further increase the atmo- spheric concentration of CO2 in analogy to other natural materials.