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Is Biodegradable Plastic The Answer To Our Plastic Pollution Problem?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer biodegradable, biodegradable plastic, biodegrade, bioplastic, Department of Energy, DoE, Earth Day Network, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, petition, PLA, plastic, pollution, polylactic acid, University of Portsmouth, waste

Biodegradable plastic made from biomass and even gaseous waste could be a big part of the solution to the growing problem of plastic polluting our land and waterways…

Strawless. Credit: Horia Varlan, FlickrCC.

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Strawless in Seattle: Why Are Straws So Bad for the Environment?

Georgina Guiney all natural, biodegradable, biodegrade, gyre, marine, ocean, oceans, plastic, straw, strawless, wildlife

Strawless in Seattle: the average American uses 38,000+ straws over a lifetime without thinking about the implications of all this plastic going to waste.

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