We have read the article 'Plastics made from corn' in one of my recent postings http://informationdisc.blogspot.com/2010/07/do-plastics-can-be-made-from-corn.html.
The researchers in NEC are hoping to create better plastic which are to be made from 70% plant waste such as stems and cashew nut shells. The cellulose and cardanol used in plastics comes from stems and nutshells which are discarded as byproducts from agricultural Industry.
The plastics made from plants is twice as strong as PLA ,a corn based plastic. It is twice as beat resistant and it consumes less time in molding process. The company is confident that they would bring this product by 2013.
Fascinating! I wonder how the bioplastics compare to the traditional resins in the manufacturing process at the blow molders and injection molders. I also wonder if the bioplastics have enough agricultural base in them to be biodegradable. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes, I was wondering about biodegradability too.
ReplyDeleteyes.. bioplastics from corn are biodegradable too... thanks for your comments...
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