Comments on: Peruvian scientists create new form of biodegradable plastic from potato http://enperublog.com/2010/05/21/peruvian-scientists-create-new-form-of-biodegradable-plastic-from-potato/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: paul http://enperublog.com/2010/05/21/peruvian-scientists-create-new-form-of-biodegradable-plastic-from-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-34165 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:32:38 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=5682#comment-34165 Really Perú i s a wonderful country and have still many surprises to show us!

]]> By: Potato plastic… « Our Man in Lima http://enperublog.com/2010/05/21/peruvian-scientists-create-new-form-of-biodegradable-plastic-from-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-28362 Thu, 27 May 2010 00:12:26 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=5682#comment-28362 […] 26, 2010 in Science Peruvian scientists are working on developing a new kind of plastic made from potato […]

]]> By: Christian http://enperublog.com/2010/05/21/peruvian-scientists-create-new-form-of-biodegradable-plastic-from-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-28296 Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:20 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=5682#comment-28296 I love this idea. I must have carried 1000 plastic bags home from the San Pedro market. I used to save them, but I eventually had a bag of bags the size of a bean-bag chair. Throwing them out feels really wasteful. I would love to be able to compost them and plant vegetables. Good work Peruvian scientists! I can’t wait to see biodegradable shopping bags in the market.

]]> By: marco mendoza http://enperublog.com/2010/05/21/peruvian-scientists-create-new-form-of-biodegradable-plastic-from-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-28260 Sat, 22 May 2010 17:07:13 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=5682#comment-28260 I’m not quite sure how new this is since in the US polymer companies have been using potato starches as a biodegradable alternative to the more commonly used petroleum based polymers. Not only is potato starch used but also corn starch is used as well but the process is not 100% organic either since it is a combination of the dried starch mixed with a polymer catalyst chemical in order to produce the biodegradable plastic.

At my university in Portland, Oregon in our cafeteria all the cutlery was made from potato starches which when I first learned about it was pretty amazed since I would have figured it was regular plastic. This was back in 2003!

Here are few links to a company in the US who has been manufacturing potato starch plastic cutlery. http://spudware.com
http://www.bdpplastics.com/facts.php
http://www.cereplast.com/product.php

]]> By: Peruchito http://enperublog.com/2010/05/21/peruvian-scientists-create-new-form-of-biodegradable-plastic-from-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-28235 Fri, 21 May 2010 23:28:28 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=5682#comment-28235 @stuenperu thats awesome!

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