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Green and Edible Cling Film and Food Packaging Made from Plants

posted by takyon on Tuesday November 27 2018, @06:44PM   
from the snap,-crinkle,-and-poop dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The University of Nottingham:

Using a special technical approach, the team is working on plastic films derived from konjac flour and starch, cellulose or proteins that are fully edible and harmless if accidentally eaten by people or animals—unlike health issues associated with microplastics and other plastic waste that make their way into the food chain.

The researchers have found that plant carbohydrate and protein macromolecules bond together into a special network structure during the film-forming process. The network structure provides the film with a required mechanical strength and transparent appearance for the film to be used as packaging materials.

The idea is to reduce incidence of plastic in the environment.

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Original Submission

• Re:The Idea (Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Tuesday November 27 2018, @09:39PM

  by DannyB (5839) on Tuesday November 27 2018, @09:39PM (#767052) Journal

  Aluminum and other metals are energy-consuming to recycle.

  Aluminum is even more energy consuming to produce than it is to recycle. To recycle it all you have to do is melt it. It takes even more energy to produce than to melt. Hence it is profitable to recycle aluminum. Enough so that you can get paid by the pound for aluminum.

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  When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.

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