{"id":6262,"date":"2018-02-26T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T12:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/biodegradabilita-rapida-persistenza-nellambiente-due-opposti-confronto\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T23:48:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T22:48:56","slug":"biodegradabilita-rapida-persistenza-nellambiente-due-opposti-confronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/en\/biodegradabilita-rapida-persistenza-nellambiente-due-opposti-confronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy biodegradability  and environmental persistence: two opposing in comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Airone_fiume.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Airone_fiume-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Airone_fiume-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Airone_fiume-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Airone_fiume-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Airone_fiume.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Each substance, either a detergent ingredient or other products component, has got specific features; among them there are <strong>physical-chemical<\/strong> properties, related with their useful functions (for ex.: degreasing action, preservation, etc.), and <strong>ecological<\/strong> and <strong>toxicological<\/strong> properties, related with their behaviour into the environment and when they get in touch with the human body cells.<\/p>\n<p>Among environmental properties, one of the most important is<strong> the attitude to be eaten by microorganisms<\/strong> specialized in biodegradation, usually living into the environment, as well as concentrated in activated sludge of sewage treatment plants. This property is called <strong>biodegradability<\/strong>, which is of interest only if it occurs in a short time (few days), so it is definable as <strong>easy biodegradability<\/strong>. Instead, if a substance is degraded too slowly, or not degraded at all, then it is called <strong>persistent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Wholly inert chemicals, as minerals constituting the sand, are not biodegradable, but they do not show any environmental impact and are not concerning at all. Instead, <strong>non-inert substances<\/strong>, which tend to modify the environment they are poured in, may cause troubles if microorganisms are not able to eat them. Among them there are the following: <strong>surfactants<\/strong> and <strong>emulsifying agents<\/strong>, whose aim is to detach the soil from fabrics and hard surfaces and carry it into aqueous solution to make it rinsable away; <strong>sequestering agents<\/strong>, catching the particles that form limestone and preventing them from disrupting the soil washing; <strong>preservatives<\/strong>, but also dyes and opacifiers, anti-redeposing agents, perfumes, solvents called &#8220;carriers&#8221; aimed to keep perfumes in aqueous solution, enzymes, optical brighteners, specific dyes aimed to make seem bluer and brighter the white fabrics, disinfectants, catalase inhibitors &#8230; you name it!<\/p>\n<p>Besides surfactants (as they must be readily biodegradable since 2005, according to Reg EC\/648\/2004), a lot of the above-mentioned chemicals are <strong>not biodegradable<\/strong> or very slowly biodegradable. Here some examples: sodium etidronate (sequestering agent), zeolite (sequestering agent), EDTA (sequestering agent), CMC\/carboxymethylcellulose (anti-redeposing agent), hydroxyethylcellulose (thickening agent), 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol (preservative), triclosan (disinfectant), chlorine bleach\/sodium hypoclorite (bleaching agent, disinfectant), FWAs\/Fluorescent Whitening Agents (optical brighteners). These and many other substances <strong>keep unchanged into the environment<\/strong>, infiltrating into aquifers and in the ground, going on to have their specific actions, so upsetting natural ecosystems. Some of these chemicals are long-term toxic too, so they are twice concerning.<\/p>\n<p>Since its foundation, Bensos follows strict <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/en\/criteri-e-filosofia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Criteria<\/a><\/strong> for <strong>both non-biodegradable and long-term toxic substances exclusion<\/strong>. These Criteria are the only guidance, as Bensos rejects any market logic that works againts them, for making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bensos.com\/en\/prodotti-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>all the products<\/strong><\/a>: both detergents and body creams and cleansers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each substance, either a detergent ingredient or other products component, has got specific features; among them there are physical-chemical properties, related with their useful functions (for ex.: degreasing action, preservation, etc.), and ecological and toxicological properties, related with their behaviour into the environment and when they get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criteria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Easy biodegradability and environmental persistence: two opposing in comparison -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bensos \u2605 Easy biodegradability and environmental persistence: two opposing in comparison: Each substance, either a detergent ingredient or other products component, has got specific features; among them there are physical-chemical properties,. 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