Scientists are in the process of turning rice, parsley and other foods into biodegradable plastics. The novel process they developed and their results, which could help the world deal with its agricultural and plastic waste problems, appear in the ACS journal iMacromolecules/i. Athanassia Athanassiou, Ilker S. Bayer and colleagues at the Italian Institute of Technology point out that plastic's popularity is constantly growing. In 2012, its production reached ...Monday 25 August 2014
Turning Waste from Foods into Biodegradable Plastic
Scientists are in the process of turning rice, parsley and other foods into biodegradable plastics. The novel process they developed and their results, which could help the world deal with its agricultural and plastic waste problems, appear in the ACS journal iMacromolecules/i. Athanassia Athanassiou, Ilker S. Bayer and colleagues at the Italian Institute of Technology point out that plastic's popularity is constantly growing. In 2012, its production reached ...
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