Less than two years after it was first founded, US organic additive producer EcoLogic (Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois; www.ecologic-llc.com) is continuing to make strides in marketing its “Eco-One” biodegradation-enhancing additive. After just having its use approved for food-contact applications in Brazil – see Plasteurope.com of 29.08.2011 – the US group now has reached an agreement with Argentine flexible packaging manufacturer La Primera de Cuyo (Mendoza; www.lpcuyo.com.ar), whereby the latter will start using “Eco-One” for a new line of polyethylene bags.

Thanks to the addition of Eco-One, the plastic bags will biodegrade in biologically active landfills, breaking the plastic down into soil and natural gases. EcoLogic points out that the additive does not impact the bag’s normal product performance or its physical properties.

Welcoming the agreement, which comes on the heels of a distribution deal in Mexico, EcoLogic’s sales and marketing director Sachin Shah said it “marks another strategic advancement for EcoLogic in growing our presence throughout the world to help promote responsible solutions to plastic waste.”