Bioplastics are more expensive than traditional, single-use plastics. The only hope is for a cheaper bioplastic material or a strict global ban on all oil-based plastics.
Why Bioplastics Will Not Solve the World’s Plastics Problem
Bioplastics are being touted by industry marketers as the solution to plastics pollution. But the idea that bottles and packaging made of plant-based material can simply be discarded and then break down and disappear is false – recycling and reuse are the only strategies that can work.
Seaweed, a common name for thousands of marine plants and algae found in different water bodies, not only provides food and shelter for marine animals, but it can also help solve the plastic pollution problem. Materials researchers from Flinders University in Australia and German biomaterials develo... Read more
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Bioplastics are more expensive than traditional, single-use plastics. The only hope is for a cheaper bioplastic material or a strict global ban on all oil-based plastics.
Why are seaweed bioplastics not yet mainstream?
Check out these scientists that are turning food waste into eco-friendly bioplastics that can replace oil-based plastics.
https://showme.missouri.edu/2023/engineering-researcher-helps-turn-food-wastes-into-plastic/