Replacing plastics using methane consuming bacteria:)

[Miranda4peace]

Problem: Plastics are useful and inexpensive but are manufactured out of fossil fuels, used once and then thrown away and create systemic health & environmental health risks.

Solution: Develop biodegradable plastics that are less expensive than petrochemicals while having similar or better material properties.

Breakthrough technology that makes it possible: Bacteria eat methane gas from landfills to create polyhydroxyalkalate (PHA) - a polymer that can replace polypropylene, one of the most commonly used petrochemical plastics.

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[loudsue]

1. This is the planet I am glad to live on....

not the one the republicans envision.

Kicked & rec'd.

[Miranda4peace]

2. Well its a good thing their world couldn't possibly exist

Pro-lifers who support the death penalty, Homosexuals against gay marriage, Corporate Subsidies but no Social Security. Their ideal reality is far to contradictory to sustain itself.