Compostable Plastic
- Submitted by: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
- Motion reference: S5M-11368
That the Parliament welcomes the advances made by CuanTec, which is based at BioCity in Chapelhall, in developing circular economy alternatives to petroleum plastics; notes that CuanTec is seeking crowd funding to allow further research and development of sustainable packaging; congratulates it on its success so far, and welcomes its aims to reduce pollution and waste and to protect the environment by making compostable, antimicrobial bioplastic from the waste of the fisheries industry.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Maurice Corry, John Finnie, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Jamie Greene, Rachael Hamilton, Liam Kerr, Gordon Lindhurst, Tom Mason, Stuart McMillan, Pauline McNeill, Margaret Mitchell, John Scott, Alexander Stewart, Annie Wells