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What is the difference between starch based biodegradable polymers and Oxo-Biodegradable materials?

April 26, 2017based biodegradable Materials oxo-biodegradable polymers starch

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What is the difference between starch based biodegradable polymers and Oxo-Biodegradable materials?

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Starch based plastics, such as PLA (polylactic acid) require a major use of energy to produce the product, have a very high cost compared to polypropylene with oxo-biodegradable additives and are subject to a rapid release of CO2 (greenhouse gas) during breakdown, which limits humus production.