A New Plant-Based Plastic Will Degrade in a Year
Plastic waste and debris carried by the storm of the last days at sea in the gulf of Naples, Italy on December 22, 2019. (Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket/ Getty Images) At a Glance Dutch company Avantium developed a fully plant-based plastic made from corn, wheat and beet sugars.Brands like Carlsberg and Coca Cola are excited about the product. Carlsberg will be using it in its forthcoming eco-friendly beer bottle. There seems to be a cognitive dissonance between humans knowing that...