Everything will decompose eventually – it just takes hundreds of years for fossil-based plastics to disappear. Of course, they don’t really disappear, they just break down into smaller microplastics and nanophysics. This begs the question, what exactly do we mean by decompose? Things get even more complicated with an increasing range of biodegradable polymers available […]
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Do bioplastics compete with agricuture?
We are often told that the downside of bioplastics is that it competes with agricultural production. First-generation bioplastics like PLA are frequently made from corn or sugar. However, subsequent generations use the waste from agricultural corps or other sources like algae or CO2 which clearly do not compete with food production. In any event the […]