New plastic

Biosynthetic butyrate

The words "degradable" and "plastic" seem to be incompatible, but a new technology developed by ECM BioFilms in the United States makes this possible. Adding this additive from ECM to polyolefin plastic products can effectively help its degradation. In addition, plastic articles containing such additives are not sensitive to heat and light and have a relatively long shelf life. However, it will completely degrade in the soil within 9 months to 5 years – whether it is in landfills, waste dumps or roadsides.plastic recycling machine

With this technology, disposable plastic products such as diapers, garbage bags or food bags (including fast food boxes) do not have to be piled up in the garbage dump for hundreds of years, which is more conducive to the benign development of the global environment. However, this technology is still under development, and additives for electronic equipment casings, toys, and auto parts are not yet available.

Corn plastic

Elemental Encyclopedia: Polylactic acid (PLA) is a plant extract, usually from corn. The advantage of this plastic is that it can be degraded within 47 days, does not produce toxic gases when incinerated, and is less used in the production process than traditional plastics. 20%-50% fossil fuel.

Corn plastic can be used as a package for the production of food and consumer goods. Wal-Mart Group managers believe that if they use 114 million corn plastic bags a year, they can save 800,000 barrels of oil. Corn starch bags can replace traditional plastic bags and can degrade in landfills or waste dumps.