DocumentCode
885727
Title
Unnatural plastics - [manufacturing materials]
Author
Chamberlain, Phil
Volume
4
Issue
5
fYear
2009
Firstpage
66
Lastpage
69
Abstract
The economics of oil and concerns about the disposal of traditional plastic make it increasingly profitable to look at alternatives. Bioplastics are the result. Scientist have been looking to nature for inspiration for new generation of plastics. The paper reports that the catalysts for their development has been the advances in synthetic biology techniques.
Keywords
biotechnology; plastics; plastics industry; renewable materials; bioplastics; synthetic biology techniques; unnatural plastics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering & Technology
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1750-9637
Type
jour
Filename
4937185
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