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MATT CHEM MARINE AND THE BIODEGRADABILITY

In order to determine the biodegradability stakes of detergents, there is cause to explain what surfactants or tensides are.
A surfactant is an element that is part of the composition of the detergent which is endowed with a wetting, emulsifying, solubilising and foaming power. It allows us to lower the surface tension of water.
Soaps are the best known tensides or surfactants. They are obtained by mixing a fatty substance that can be of a vegetative (olive oil), animal (tallow) or mineral nature with a basic substance (soda, potassium chloride, etc.). They are generally used to clean laundry, the dishes, etc.
There are also surfactants obtained by synthesis, most often coming from petroleum. They are made by converting compounds by sulphation or sulphonation...
Finally, there are surfactants from the vegetative world. These are oleaginous like copra oil, palm-kernel oil, colza oil, etc. or compounds from proteins or sugars extracted from cereals for example…

These different origins of surfactants are used today. We have made the choice to prioritise turning towards surfactants of a vegetative origin. MATT CHEM creates detergents from selected ingredients of an easily renewable origin. Their natural origin and their biodegradability assure them a better compatibility with the marine environment.
The choice to use surfactants and composition elements of an easily renewable or vegetative origin in cleaning detergents allows us to respect the regulatory obligations of ultimate or final biodegradability in order to reduce as much as possible all damage to the environment and the health of users.

For MATT CHEM, biodegradability is the destruction of surfactants contained in products and also composition elements by micro-organisms, bacteria and other biological agents, oxygen, etc.
It is for this reason that it is imperative to calculate the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of formulations in order to assure their complete aptitude to biodegradability (decompositions in carbon dioxide, water, mineral salts, etc.).