alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoChina develops “plastic” from bamboo cellulose that can replicate or surpass the properties of many widely used plastics and biodegrades in 50 daysinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1814arrow-down123
arrow-up1791arrow-down1external-linkChina develops “plastic” from bamboo cellulose that can replicate or surpass the properties of many widely used plastics and biodegrades in 50 daysinterestingengineering.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square106linkfedilink
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 days agoCellophane is almost 100 years old.
minus-squareBaguette@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 days agoIsn’t cellophane a flexible plastic? This one is more comparable to hard plastics, which was my mistake since my initial assumption before actually reading the research paper was that it’s meant to replace things like plastic bags
Cellophane is almost 100 years old.
Isn’t cellophane a flexible plastic? This one is more comparable to hard plastics, which was my mistake since my initial assumption before actually reading the research paper was that it’s meant to replace things like plastic bags