What are some things that biodegradable plastic is made into?
Truly Biodegradable Plastics Now Available Imagine being able to toss styrofoam coffee cups into your back yard compost pile. Or being able to design a community composting program without having to worry about how you’re going to deal with all those plastic bags that everyone uses for leaves and grass. Biodegradable plastics first appeared in the early 90’s and didn’t live up to their hype. They were made of a mixture of starch and polyolefin. Only the starch portion could biodegrade which left the durable plastic residue (plastic dust) behind. Despite this poor beginning, people haven’t given up on the basic idea. Research and development of truly biodegradable plastics has been vigorously pursued by a number of research institutes and corporations. This time around, there are standards to adhere to, like those developed by the International Biodegradable Products Institute and the US Composting Council. These now contain stricter definitions of biodegradability. Many of the new biod
Truly Biodegradable Plastics Now Available Imagine being able to toss styrofoam coffee cups into your back yard compost pile. Or being able to design a community composting program without having to worry about how you’re going to deal with all those plastic bags that everyone uses for leaves and grass. Biodegradable plastics first appeared in the early 90’s and didn’t live up to their hype. They were made of a mixture of starch and polyolefin. Only the starch portion could biodegrade which left the durable plastic residue (plastic dust) behind. Despite this poor beginning, people haven’t given up on the basic idea. Research and development of truly biodegradable plastics has been vigorously pursued by a number of research institutes and corporations. This time around, there are standards to adhere to, like those developed by the International Biodegradable Products Institute and the US Composting Council. These now contain stricter definitions of biodegradability. Many of the new biod
