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Burgeoning Bioplastics: Metabolix's Breakthrough

author said: MBLX: I'm just throwing the reference out there, haven't looked at it yet properly.

You should take a look at it. Unlike all the players you listed above, MBLX has 100% fully biodegradeable bioplastics that degrade in natural environment of soil, water, sand, arid, wet, etc... The players you list above all need secondary treatments to the created plastic to reuse or recycle. They are not use and throw away anywhere products that decompose on their own without secondary treatment of heating or another chemical applied.

MBLX has a commercial plant that will start production by the end of this year. You may have heard of their partner in this project, a little company that's been around for a year or two called ADM. Already have contracts for when production starts. While its small now, their future is huge.

They are the only company that exists that has a fully biodegradable plastic. Their plastic is grown in algae and harvested. Future platforms are switchgrass and oilseeds. The switchgrass program is slated for commercial production in the next couple years.

MBLX plastic can be used in the same production machines that use traditional plastics as well. Check them out when you write another article on bioplastics.