High-strength, multi-mode processable bamboo molecular bioplastic enabled by solvent-shaping regulation - Nature Communications
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Bioplastics derived from biomass show promise as sustainable alternatives to petrochemical plastics, but their adoption is hindered by their inferior mechanical properties and processability. Here, the authors report a deep eutectic solvent treatment process which yields bamboo plastics with high mechanical properties and processability.

Excuse the boring title but I didn’t want to editorialise. Actual headline should be:

We now have a biodegradeable plastic that’s better than plastic

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    9 days ago

    if it can scale

    This is the question. If it can get close to plastic levels of price and quantity, it will take over. If it’s too expensive, it won’t happen.