Although an extremely useful material, plastic is an environmental disaster. It clogs up landfills, it litters our oceans and it can be harmful to various organisms. Developing biodegradable plastics that can be produced in a viable and sustainable manner has proved difficult in the past. But all may not be lost as scientists at Stanford University have teamed up with a start-up company called Mango Materials in order to develop a technique to produce a biodegradable plastic in an environmentally friendly way; from waste methane.
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June 29, 2014