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09/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Starch set to replace all petroleum-based materials in food packaging

There will come a time when the food packaging industry will finally phase out plastic food packaging made from petroleum products due to their unhealthy effects on consumers. When that happens, an article in Phys.org stated, they will need a replacement material that is cheap, sturdy, and healthier. One such substitute is a mix of starch […]

09/03/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Chemists design a new bacterial polymer that may one day replace petroleum plastics

One of the ways to solve the problem of plastic pollution is to come up with biodegradable alternatives that are made from bio-renewable resources using clean processes. Such products are usually more expensive and difficult to manufacture than petroleum-based plastics. Colorado-based researchers announced that they found a way to produce one bacterial polymer much more […]

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