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Researchers Develop a Way to Make Plastic From Yard Waste

Researchers Develop a Way to Make Plastic From Yard Waste

In an effort to make plastics more environmentally friendly, a group of researchers at the University of Florida has found a way to make plastics from yard waste. Traditional plastics are made from oil

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Packaging the Future: Micromidas Makes Biodegradable Plastic from Sewage

Packaging the Future: Micromidas Makes Biodegradable Plastic from Sewage

Right now, 8% of the world’s oil is used to make plastics — and oil has to be extracted from the belly of the earth using extremely energy and cost-intensive processes. At the same time, the

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New Sugar-Based Plastics Could Be Composted Right At Home

New Sugar-Based Plastics Could Be Composted Right At Home

New research from scientists at the Imperial College of London has led to a breakthrough in plastics that could be composted right at home! Even though there are already plastics made from corn that do

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Seedbomb Plant Capsules Combat Desertification

Seedbomb Plant Capsules Combat Desertification

Doomsday devices they are not – these seed-sowing plant bombs are one design team’s weapon of choice in the fight against global desertification. Consisting of a biodegradable shell loaded

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