British scientists succeeded in creating a decomposable plastic from lignin base materials

TRIBUKALTIM.CO.ID – Researchers at the University of Warwick, England, create biodegradable plastics that can be disposed of with food waste

This plastic will decompose more easily in nature because he uses natural ingredients.

The constituent material is a "tree glue" called lignin

Lignin stores the cellulose fibers that make the plant's stems straight and strong

The researchers then make this compound a strong plastic and easy to form

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For information, lignin is a by-product of paper making.

Although ridges become erect and robust, these wood pulp compounds become weak and discolored

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Bugg and his colleagues used genetically modified bacteria to turn lignin into useful chemicals. be made of plastic, so that it can easily decompose and make the earth cleaner "width =" 1800 "height =" 1098 "/>

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