{"id":238,"date":"2023-02-06T11:38:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T10:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantcarb.com\/?post_type=scientific&p=238"},"modified":"2023-03-14T13:52:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T12:52:35","slug":"starch-based-bioplastics-and-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"scientific","link":"https:\/\/plantcarb.com\/scientific\/starch-based-bioplastics-and-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Starch based Bioplastics and Global Warming"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PLA is a market-gaining sugar-based biorefinery-produced feedstock for bio-based plastics. Degrades, but slowly (years) in nature. Typically based on sugar from sugarcane. PE is an extremely common feedstock for plastic based on fossil fuels or on sugars as PLA. Degrades even more slowly than PLA (decades).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232,"template":"","meta_box":{"sc_description":"