| Surging oil price sparks bioplastics' revival |
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Landfills and plastics don't mix well. It takes several hundred years for an oil-based plastic bottle to breakdown in a landfill. And plastics can consume as much as 25% of the landfill space, according to the US government's Energy Information Administration.
Those
two problems are helping drive innovation into new bioplastic packaging
material at research institutions including Missouri University Science
and Technology. There, researchers are cooking up recipes for
super-biodegradable plastics that decompose in a few months. Bookmark this page!      |
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