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University of Washington develops new fire resistant, recyclable bioplastic capable of degrading in backyard

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New bioplastics that degrade in the same time frame as a banana peel have been developed at UW.

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has developed new bioplastics that degrade on the same timescale as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin.

These bioplastics are made from powdered blue-green cyanobacteria cells, otherwise known as spirulina. Here Mallory Parker, UW materials science and engineering doctoral student, holds up a bioplastic cube made from spirulina.

 

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