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The myth of historical bio-based plastics

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2021-07, Vol.373 (6550), p.47-49 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    The myth of historical bio-based plastics
  • Author: Altman, Rebecca
  • Subjects: Algae ; Biodegradability ; Biodegradation ; Bioplastics ; Cotton ; Environmental conditions ; Fossil fuels ; Plastics ; Polyethylene ; Polyethylene terephthalate ; Polyhydroxyalkanoates ; Polylactic acid ; Polypropylene ; Sugarcane ; Wood pulp
  • Is Part Of: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2021-07, Vol.373 (6550), p.47-49
  • Description: Early bio-based plastics, which were neither clean nor green, offer lessons for today Bioplastics are a broad category of materials encompassing bio-based, biodegradable, or both bio-based and biodegradable plastics. They can be manufactured from diverse sources, including crops (e.g., corn, sugar cane, and, historically, cotton), wood pulp, fungi, and other bio-based feedstocks produced with the help of algae or microbes. Some bio-based plastics, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and polylactic acid (PLA), are biodegradable under specific environmental conditions. Others, such as bio-polypropylene (bio-PP) and bio–polyethylene terephthalate (bio-PET), are also bio-based but are chemically equivalent to their conventional counterparts and do not biodegrade. Bioplastics can also include materials designed for biodegradation that are derived from fossil fuel–based rather than bio-based sources ( 1 ). Although bioplastics represent a small and growing segment within the industry, they are not a new idea and have a long history that is often overlooked or misunderstood.
  • Publisher: Washington: The American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0036-8075
    EISSN: 1095-9203
    DOI: 10.1126/science.abj1003
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