Thermophilic bacterium achieves high conversion rate for plastic recycling
A research team has introduced an innovative solution for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This ...
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Reinforcing Plastic Polymers With Cellulose And Other Natural Fibers
Is cellulose the best material here? Plastic objects created by fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing are quite different from their injection-molding counterparts. In the case of FDM ...
The (Material) Revolution Will Not Be Plastic
An executive guide by Fashion for Good and BCG breaks down the levers brands need to pull to scale next-generation materials ...
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Bacterial cellulose comes out of the woodwork
But plant-based ‘bioplastics’ are not new. The first man-made plastic was made in 1862 using cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, pre-dating the petroleum-based plastics that ...
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Cellulosic Ethanol Falling Far Short Of The Hype
Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. This year begins the ninth year of cellulosic ethanol mandates in the U.S. Today I want to give a brief review of cellulosic ...
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Your Tea Bag Might Be Shedding Billions of Microplastics
The team found that brewing tea in a plastic bag made of polypropylene, a common tea bag material, released over a billion particles per milliliter of tea. Paper tea bags made of cellulose and ...