| What are bioplastics? |
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Bio-plastics are based on the principle of the natural cycle of matter and allow an intelligent, cascading usage of natural resources without waste (zero waste) and without emissions of greenhouse gases (zero emission). Worldwide, approximately 100 billion tons of organic material is generated every year by photo-synthesis and is in large part broken down by microbial degradation into the initial products of CO2 and water. This natural model is followed by bio-plastics: renewable raw materials used for manufacturing. The used products can be composted.
The idea of a natural product lifecycle is based upon the plain fact that in a finite world, usual production processes will not have any future if they are not managed in a natural cycle. In the immediate future, the hitherto used fossils resources will be wasted as resources, whereas on the other hand, the available disposal options will be used for the unavoidable waste. Recycling takes the material cycle of nature as a role model and attempts to use materials and energy in an as long and as ecological as possible manner through intelligent, cascade usage without waste (zero waste) and without emission (zero emission). In the recycling management, the used materials should be sent back to the production process through lifecycle again.
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