Green Plastic - Can it solve the problem??

The recycling of non-biodegradable plastics is utterly impossible. This is mainly of three reasons - (a) technically impossible to segregate them, (b) collection of every bits is really expensive and highly labour oriented job, (c) the physical and chemical properties of recycled plastics are unpredictable, (d) cannot be used in skin or food contact applications, (e) economically not viable.

On the otherhand, in case of biodegradable plastics, all the above cases are not applicable. Once you throw - they will degradae over time. The greenlight light is that a well known bioplastic, polylactic acid, PLA has already made a significant inroad into the degradable plastics market. Even, we are looking to supplement this in Automotive application areas.

People should understand, they should not expect the the ductility of gold and the stiffness of ceramics in the same product. They must have to forget the conventional cheap plastic products, change their life style to use the bare minimum plastics, and finally to use a biodegradable plastics. As of todays´scenario, to use biodegradable plastics is a bit expensive. However, as the production volume increases, it would be of cheaper and of tomorrows reality.

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I am in the research to develop bio-degrable plastics.results foud satifactry. I am using wood & starch with plastic to develop these kind of composites. At present we are increasing persentage of recycle plastics in part manufacturing in europe as immediate measure to reduce plastic waste. Now a days in europe government is encouraging to use automotive good condtion used parts from recyling parts instead of new parts.This will reduce the production of new platic based spare parts in automotive industry.

Subject to further confirmations that it is indeed bio-compatible, it surely be of immense help to nature conservations. 

May be it will....i dont know for sure.

The problem with plastic is 2 fold:

1. The existing strangle hold of non-biodegradable plastic which is chocking out drains, street drains, water ways, land fill sites and so on. You can see them even blowing across national highways as you drive.

2. There are no legislation that prevents us from continuing to use these packaging material. That is only adding to the problem. We should ban the use of non-bio degradable material in packaging industry first.

It is  a great step to solving the problem with plastics. The general attitude is to ban use of plastics, which is not immediately possible. This will motivate the scientists to devise various other options to tackle the same.

This is an interesting thing to hear. Its a welcome sign from every point of view to decomposite of plastics.I partially agree for this one and we have to wait and see how it works for future generation of engineering products and at what % does it pollute.

I have a question does with this technic is it possible to make the existing plastics to greener one?.

There is lot of research happening in Bioplastics. Braskem in Brazil is also on forefront apart to several.

Sugarcane based Plastic is decomposable and cost is factor. If GOI supports/Incentivises this should be a boon to Metropolis in Monsoon clogging and other problems due to various plastic material.

The research done is quite intersting & innovative. I think this will solve the problems we are facing reagarding the plastic waste issue. This will help in the production of less plastic products as the old ones can be easily recycled for further usage.

So, I think this innovation will solve the plastic issue to some extent.