Plastic, the star material of the 1950s, is now public enemy number one for the planet in terms of polluting materials. Still widely used in our day-to-day lives, plastic continues to poison the environment. However, teams throughout the science world are exploring more eco-friendly alternatives. Chemists in Brazil, for example, are using industrial waste to make a biodegradable film suitable for food packaging.
Based at Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), the scientists collected waste scraps from the manufacture of wound dressing biofilms, which they transformed into a durable biodegradable film suitable for food packaging. This next-level upcycling uses hydroxypropyl methylcell…
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