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    BIOPLASTIC

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    Bioplastic is plastic made from biological materials rather than petroleum. It is produced using microorganisms to break down plant materials like vegetable oil, cellulose, starches, acids, and alcohols. While bioplastics typically have a lower carbon footprint than traditional plastics, their environmental impact depends on how their raw materials are grown and processed. Some bioplastics fully break down within 180 days, while others do not biodegrade at all. Researchers have developed a new bioplastic made from cornstarch, glycerol, banana peels, water and vinegar that biodegrades within two weeks and releases nutrients to support plant growth.

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    BIOPLASTIC

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    Bioplastic is plastic made from biological materials rather than petroleum. It is produced using microorganisms to break down plant materials like vegetable oil, cellulose, starches, acids, and alcohols. While bioplastics typically have a lower carbon footprint than traditional plastics, their environmental impact depends on how their raw materials are grown and processed. Some bioplastics fully break down within 180 days, while others do not biodegrade at all. Researchers have developed a new bioplastic made from cornstarch, glycerol, banana peels, water and vinegar that biodegrades within two weeks and releases nutrients to support plant growth.

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    Bioplastic is plastic made from biological materials rather than petroleum. It is produced using microorganisms to break down plant materials like vegetable oil, cellulose, starches, acids, and alcohols. While bioplastics typically have a lower carbon footprint than traditional plastics, their environmental impact depends on how their raw materials are grown and processed. Some bioplastics fully break down within 180 days, while others do not biodegrade at all. Researchers have developed a new bioplastic made from cornstarch, glycerol, banana peels, water and vinegar that biodegrades within two weeks and releases nutrients to support plant growth.

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    BIOPLASTIC

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    Bioplastic is plastic made from biological materials rather than petroleum. It is produced using microorganisms to break down plant materials like vegetable oil, cellulose, starches, acids, and alcohols. While bioplastics typically have a lower carbon footprint than traditional plastics, their environmental impact depends on how their raw materials are grown and processed. Some bioplastics fully break down within 180 days, while others do not biodegrade at all. Researchers have developed a new bioplastic made from cornstarch, glycerol, banana peels, water and vinegar that biodegrades within two weeks and releases nutrients to support plant growth.

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    BIOPLASTIC

    Bioplastic simply refers to plstic mde from plant or other biological material instead of
    petroleum. It is also often called bio-based plastic.

    A bioplastic is a substance made from organic biomass sources, unlike conventional plastics
    which are made from petroleum. Bioplastics are made by a number of different processes. Somw use a
    microorganism to process base materials, such as vegeteble oil, cellulose, straches acids and even
    alcohols.

    While almost all bioplastics produce less carbon dioxide in production than conventional plastic,
    they are not necessarily completely green. The methods by which their base materials are grown and
    the processing involved both impact their product footprint. Many bioplastics also release carbon
    dioxide or monoxide when biodegrading. Nevertheless, their overall environmental impact is typically
    lower than that of conventional plastics, and as oil costs rise, their cost becomes more and more
    competitive.

    Some biodegradable bioplastics can break down in 180 days, given the right conditions. Others
    are not biodegradable at all. This capcity is desirable, for example, for outdoors applications where
    longetivity and a reduced carbon footprint in production may be the goals.

    About 8% of the world's oil is used to make plastic and proponents of bioplastic often tout a
    reduction in this use as a major benefit. However, there are bio-based plastics that are ultimately better
    for the environment than the oil-derived ones.

    Researchers studied this issue and introduced a new bioplastic which serves as a natural
    fertilizer. Bioplastic is fully biodegradable, vut it also breaks down into the environment after two weeks
    and releases plant nutrient into the soil that support plant growth.

    This bioplastic that researchers are working on is made by combining 10 mL of distilled water,
    1mL of white vinegar, 1.5 g of cornstarch, 0.5 g of glycerol and banana peels. Water plays an important
    role in the production of bioplastic. First, it acts as a solvent to dissolve the starch. Secondly, it helps the
    starch molecules to stay disrupted after heating. Vinegar a 6% in volume solution of acetic acid liberates
    acetate ions and hydrogen ions in solution. Glycerol has also its role in the production of bioplastic
    because bioplastic contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and these are effective in increasing soil
    organic carbon content. Banana peel is also an important ingredient beacause of its effectiveness on
    plant as a fertilizer.

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