Majority of our project's techniques and processes come from Green Plastics, by E.S. Stevens. This book was generously lent to us by Dr. Richard Cairncross, of Drexel's Biological and Chemical Engineering department.
The emergence of bioplastics came about due to the fact that regular plastics would use non-renewable sources, or fossil fuel, in their production, such as crude oil. This kind of process would produce a large amount of waste, as well as a huge negative impact on our environment. Bioplastics were created to ensure that we can use plastic to continue to make our lives' easier, without causing so much harm to the environment around us.
Bioplastics are created from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable oil, starch, vegetable fat, and a lot more other materials. These kinds of "green plastics" can be used in a variety of materials, such as packaging, cutlery, electronics casing, etc. Engineers, as well as ourselves, hope to increase the production of these bioplastics to lessen the damage inflicted by regular plastic production on the world.
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