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Plastic Waste: Are We Stuck With It Forever?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer bio-plastic, biodegradable, bioplastic, Circular Design Challenge, gyre, Ideo, marine, ocean, plastic, plastic waste, waste, wildlife

Getting rid of plastic waste across the board is unrealistic, but learning how to use less plastic overall — and recycle the rest — may be our best hope.

biodegradable plastic. Credit: Doug Beckers, FlickrCC

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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…

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