eco-friendly plastics Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:53:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Biodegradable and Recyclable Plastics from Pine Sap https://www.greenoptimistic.com/pine-sap-recyclable-plastics-20130226/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/pine-sap-recyclable-plastics-20130226/#respond Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:53:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34072 Since pine sap is made of compounds similar to those in petroleum, they can be chemically modified using polymerization so that plastics which have biodegradable characteristics can be produced. With the harmful effects of pollution becoming more and more evident, researchers are investigating alternatives to materials made with petroleum. University of South Carolina’s Chuanbing Tang […]

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