Guilt Free Plastic for Composting in Your Yard.
A team of scientists and engineers are making a innovative degradable material from a new sugar-based polymer. At the Imperial College Londom, these sugars are derived from the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass, which is the biomass produced by cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin found in agricultural waste. The most significant is that the plastic cup can absorb water and breakdown quickly. Most plastics are harmful, these innovative plastics leave no harmful products. In addition, it can safely degrade within the human body without harm. This can make changes in the medical field; this biodegrable polymer is a candidate for stitches or as a vehicle for medicine delivery.
This is a big break through because about 99% of plastics are made from fossil fuels.
C. Lombardi. “Guilt free Plastic for Composting in your Yard.” CNET Review, 2/19/2010. 2/19/2010 <
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10456612-54.html?tag=mncol;title>.
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