American Science Daily website published on August 20th entitled "trashrice, parsley and other food produce into biodegradable plastic" article, the main contents are as follows:
Scientists now say, you sit chair, using synthetic blankets and plastic bags,some day in the future may be generated by the cocoa, rice and vegetablesand non oil made from waste. This new method of their research andpublished in the USA Chemical Society "" issue of biological macromolecules.
Italy Institute of technology Asanasia Assane sue, Ilker Bayer andcolleagues point out, the use of plastic is becoming more widespread. In 2012, the world of plastic production reached 2.88 tons, but the widespread use of this material is also a corresponding price. The synthesis of plasticsfor thousands of years or even tens of thousands of years withoutdecomposition, while the release may be harmful to the environment and human health of toxic elements. In addition, plastics made from petroleum,the latter is not a sustainable resource. However, to help the environmentbio plastics have been costly and very difficult. Athenaeum Hugh's team hopes to find a simple, less expensive way of change.
They turn to a natural and organic acids can deal with cellulose, cellulose is the main component of plant, is in nature the most adequate polymer. They put this organic acid and parsley and spinach stems, rice hull and cocoapods and other substances mixed together, and then produce the solution into the experimental vessel.
The films formed in the test showed from brittle rigid to soft elasticity and a series of promising features, similar to commercial plastic. The researchersconcluded that said: "this study opens the corresponding possibility, so that people can replace some non degradable polymers obtained fromagricultural waste in bio plastics."
