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The invention relates to a range of biodegradable and compostable adhesives useful in the packaging of supermarket goods. These adhesives comprise of polyester or acrylic polymers, which have been modified by co-polymerisation with a range of aldo-pentoses and polyhydric alcohols to increase their biodegradability. Examples of such polymers are acrylic sugar-based macromers. The biodegrability is...