The PlantBottle is undoubtedly a worthwhile innovation, as it reduces carbon emissions by up to 25% compared to petroleum-based bottles. That’s a drastic cut in emissions considering the millions of Dasani bottles manufactured each year. It’s a great marketing line, too–Coca-Cola plans on identifying the bottles with “on-package messaging and in-store point of sale displays”. But is it enough to save–or at least prop up–an industry plagued by falling sales and symbolic bans by local governments? As long as the bottled water industry still exists, better that it uses green bottles instead of purely petroleum-based ones.

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The “PlantBottle” is fully recyclable, has a lower reliance on a non-renewable resource, and reduces carbon emissions, compared with petroleum-based PET plastic bottles.

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Nowadays the problem of pollution has become more and more acute. In order to save the planet from a lot of trash that can not be decomposed, people are advised to choose biodegradable products.

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Biodegradable products are the ones that can be broken down by enzymes and bacteria. This term usually refers to natural products, coming from animals, plants or any other living organism. Products that are similar in composition with those produced by the living organisms can be also called biodegradable, as they too are decomposed by enzymes.

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Development of Kenaf Fiber-Reinforced Bioplastic for Mobile Phones

As environmental problems such as global warming and resource depletion attract more interest, polylactic acid, a renewable plant-based bioplastic, has gained attention as a replacement for conventional petroleum plastic.

However, it has previously not been feasible to apply normal polylactic acid to electronic products because its heat resistance and durability were not sufficient. Though methods to mix petroleum resin have been examined to solve these problems, this would not really contribute to the achievement of the original goal.

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Starch Bioplastic Video Tutorial

Here is a video showing you how to make bioplastic from starch. This is a good idea to follow, just try to do. He used corn starch, water, and corn oil to make the plastic. The plastic made for the science fair worked, but it dried out and became brittle in about a week. If you don’t feel like taking the time to extract the starch from a potato, you can just use corn starch instead. This Bioplastic home made project for all you environmentalists.

Source: instructables.com

In order to stop Earth’s degradation the ecologists, and for several years the majority of the population has demanded for reduced production of these products and even their replacement with more environment friendly materials, such as paper or Bioplastic.

Bioplastic is a material made of renewable, raw materials, which was invented in the mid-1980. Corn, wheat, beets, sugar, potatoes and other plants, as well as vegetable oils are the main materials from which the Bioplastic is produced.

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