Imported from Ireland, plastic mulch is a film placed on a growing surface used to help plant crops and apply products, such as pesticides. It's intended to be oxo-biodegradable, meaning the ...

Especially thin (below 30 µm) non-biodegradable mulch films are difficult to retrieve, which can lead to a worrying level of plastic pollution in the fields. "Soil-biodegradable mulch films are ...