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- Title
Plastic Degrading in Seawater.
- Abstract
The article reports on the development of biodegradable plastics by the scientists from the University of Mississippi in Oxford. It is mentioned that the plastic can be used as an alternative to conventional plastics used to wrap for large cargo items, food containers, eating utensils, and other plastics used at sea because it degrades in seawater making it safe and practical to use overboard. The plastic, which is denser than saltwater, have a tendency to sink and be degraded via hydrolysis into nontoxic products for 20 days. Although, degradation testing of the plastic in seawater shows favorable result, it has not yet been tested in freshwater.
- Subjects
OXFORD (Miss.); BIODEGRADABLE plastics; BIODEGRADATION; PLASTICS; SYNTHETIC products; POLYMERS; CONTAINERS; HYDROLYSIS; SUBSTITUTE products; UNIVERSITY of Mississippi
- Publication
CLEAN: Soil, Air, Water, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 2, p135
- ISSN
1863-0650
- Publication type
Article