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Bioplastics
Bioplastics

Since conventional plastics are made from fossil fuels, are not biodegradable and are turning our oceans into huge plastic garbage dumps (plus they are entering our food chain), more and more companies and institutions are developing alternatives that are more environmentally friendly and are cost-competitive at the same time. 

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksBioplastics, Conventional plastics, Garbage dumps, Landfills, Non-petroleum-based plastics, Corn, Sugarcane, Cassava, Natureworks, PLA, Polylactic acid, Metabolix, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, PHA, Cornell University, Polyols, Novomer, Geoffrey Coates, polyethylene, polypropylene succinate, Poly, University of Nottingham, Chitosan, Chitin, Crutacean, Artificial polymer, Biodegradable, Degradable, Compostable, Jacqueline McGlade, UN Environment Programme, Waste collection, RecyclingComment
Plastics disposal
Plastics disposal

Not only are plastics an issue for our health, they also pose problems when they´re disposed of. In Europe almost 30 % of plastics are recycled and almost 40% are used in energy recovery processes, leaving more than 30% to go to landfills. In the US these numbers are almost 10% for recycling, 15% for energy recovery and 75% for landfills. According to the United Nations Environmental Program, between 22 percent and 43 percent of the plastic used worldwide is disposed of in landfills.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksPlastics, Plastics disposal, 5 Gyres, Microplastics, Nurdles, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Garbage, Landfills, TrashComment