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Low-concern biological polymer

A chemical is a low-concern biological polymer if it is all of the following:

  • the chemical is a polymer 
  • the chemical is a biological chemical (that is, it’s derived from a living or once-living organism, without further modification, or produced by a living or once-living organism, without further modification) 
  • the polymer meets all of the polymer of low concern (PLC) criteria except for the criteria on stability – meaning it is not a stable polymer and substantially degrades, decomposes or depolymerises during use into simpler, smaller weight chemicals.

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Learn more about the terms and criteria used in this definition:

What is a polymer?
Polymer of low concern criteria

If you're working out how to categorise an introduction of a low-concern biological polymer go to our online categorisation guide – Step 2 Introductions that are categorised as exempted

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