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  2. Bioplastic - Wikipedia

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    Packaging peanuts made from bioplastics (thermoplastic starch) Thermoplastic starch represents the most widely used bioplastic, constituting about 50 percent of the bioplastics market. [25] Simple starch bioplastic film can be made at home by gelatinizing starch and solution casting. [26]

  3. Biodegradable plastic - Wikipedia

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    There is also much debate about the total carbon, fossil fuel and water usage in manufacturing biodegradable bioplastics from natural materials and whether they are a negative impact to human food supply. To make 1 kg (2.2 lb) of polylactic acid, the most common commercially available compostable plastic, 2.65 kg (5.8 lb) of corn is required. [57]

  4. Plastiglomerate - Wikipedia

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    Plastiglomerate is a rock made of a mixture of sedimentary grains, and other natural debris (e.g. shells, wood) that is held together by plastic. [1] It has been considered a potential marker of the Anthropocene, an informal epoch of the Quaternary proposed by some social scientists, environmentalists, and geologists. [2]

  5. Plastic - Wikipedia

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    While most plastics are produced from petrochemicals, bioplastics are made substantially from renewable plant materials like cellulose and starch. [24] Due both to the finite limits of fossil fuel reserves and to rising levels of greenhouse gases caused primarily by the burning of those fuels, the development of bioplastics is a growing field.

  6. Bioeconomy - Wikipedia

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    According to European Bioplastics, a plastic material is defined as a bioplastic if it is either bio-based plastic, biodegradable plastic, or is a material with both properties. Bioplastics have the same properties as conventional plastics and offer additional advantages, such as a reduced carbon footprint or additional waste management options ...

  7. Category:Bioplastics - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Bioplastics" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  8. NatureWorks - Wikipedia

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    NatureWorks LLC is an international company that manufactures bioplastics—polymers derived entirely from plant resources—as an alternative to conventional plastic, which is made from petroleum. The commercial quality polymer is made from the carbon found in simple plant sugars such as corn starch to create a proprietary polylactic acid ...

  9. Biodegradable additives - Wikipedia

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    Enzyme-based microbial biodegradation can occur under two conditions: aerobic and anaerobic. Plastics are typically made up of hydrophobic polymers, so the first step of biodegradation under both conditions involves the breakdown of the polymer by the enzyme into smaller constituents such as oligomers, dimers, and monomers. [6]