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Sustainable 'plastics' are on the horizon
Science Daily / American Friends of Tel Aviv University ^
| 2018 December 25
| Science news from research organizations
Posted on 01/04/2019 5:50:44 PM PST by CutePuppy
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According to Dr. Golberg, the study could revolutionize the world's efforts to clean the oceans without using fresh water, which may be in short supply in countries like Israel, India and China among others. TAU is now doing research on creating the best algae and bacteria for producing bioplastic polymers.
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posted on
01/04/2019 5:50:44 PM PST
by
CutePuppy
To: CutePuppy
Now can we have our plastic straws back? Hummmmmmmmm?
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posted on
01/04/2019 5:54:36 PM PST
by
FrankR
(Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
To: FrankR
Now can we have our plastic straws back? Hummmmmmmmm?
I think that's the point... That was the last straw!
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posted on
01/04/2019 5:57:36 PM PST
by
CutePuppy
(If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
To: CutePuppy
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posted on
01/04/2019 5:57:46 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: FrankR; CutePuppy
“bioplastic polymer called polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)”
This has already been found by the State of California to cause cancer.
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:00:47 PM PST
by
Dexter Morgan
("MSNBC News? Appalling. Appalling and amateurish. So both at the same time; it's a bad combination.")
To: ClearCase_guy
"I have one word for you... Plastics!"
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:01:15 PM PST
by
CutePuppy
(If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
To: CutePuppy
I would have thought the Palestinians would have come up with this first
To: CutePuppy
Simples (per IT Crowd). Just take all the plastic straws and create hearts...or whatever. Then implant accordingly.
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:02:53 PM PST
by
ZinGirl
(Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
To: CutePuppy
They were never "unsustainable" to begin with. Aspergillus tubingensis eats plastic. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/plasticeating-fungus-found-at-a-landfill-site-in-pakistan/
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:04:10 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: CutePuppy
I was thinking about something like this a while back. Great concept and hope it works.
To: Dexter Morgan
My new fishing reel has already been found by California to cause cancer
My new depth finder, too
I almost caused permanent damage by rolling my eyes so far back on that one
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:06:13 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Dexter Morgan
"This has already been found by the State of California to cause cancer."
I don't think they 've been quite up to speed with this yet, but... give them time... And just maybe we'll get off with just a warning sticker which are pretty much being ignored in CA, as far as I can tell.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates - wiki
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:09:53 PM PST
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CutePuppy
(If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
To: digger48
To: CutePuppy
So I guess forget about stockng up and storing things in plastic.
Idiots.
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:19:32 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: oldasrocks
All their exports should carry a warning.
California is known to be a cancer, and cause virulent spread of libtard socialist ideas and policies.
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:21:13 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: CutePuppy
The article fails to mention the collaboration with the great Palestinian Technical Institute. /s
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:31:48 PM PST
by
HChampagne
(Cruz supporter but I will support and vote for Trump.)
To: Secret Agent Man
They are idiots. They’ve already done this with wiring insulation in Europeeon cars decades ago. My brother had a 90’s Mercedes that was blessed to have biodegradable wiring insulation(sheaths/coverings). What could go wrong, ammirite? I think it was a EU mandate.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:32:19 PM PST
by
Electric Graffiti
(Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
To: Secret Agent Man
Your stored food in bio-plastic will just taste like seaweed.
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:34:13 PM PST
by
TheNext
(Participation Award Winner = CoC)
To: CutePuppy
Don’t current plastics already “contaminate” the water etc. contained within the packaging?
biodegradable containers sounds as if they will even be more likely to affect the contents.
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:34:16 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: a fool in paradise
biodegradable containers sounds as if they will even be more likely to affect the contents. This could be a problem in a post-apocalyptic world. Imagine being a survivor looking for food years after doomsday. But only finding that containers turned into a soggy goo along with their lost contents. Let's keep our non-biodegradable containers in play, just in case...
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posted on
01/04/2019 6:45:05 PM PST
by
roadcat
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