Recyclable, sustainable petroleum-free bioplastics

Colorado State University chemists have paved a potential new road to truly sustainable, petroleum-free plastics. Just reheat is for an hour and it converts back to its original molecular state, ready for reuse.Plastics are the most common type of manmade polymer, which is the chemical term for a long chain of repeating small molecules, or monomers. Petroleum-based polymers like polyethylene and polystyrene have come under fire for piling up in landfills and even in oceans.

Colorado State University chemists have paved a potential new road to truly sustainable, petroleum-free plastics. Just reheat is for an hour and it converts back to its original molecular state, ready for reuse.Plastics are the most common type of manmade polymer, which is the chemical term for a long chain of repeating small molecules, or monomers. Petroleum-based polymers like polyethylene and polystyrene have come under fire for piling up in landfills and even in oceans.

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