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Recently, scientists at the University of Florida have succeeded in making domestic waste into biodegradable bioplastics.
The original research objectives of Keelnatham Shanmugam and Lonnie Ingram, experts in microbiology and cell science, were to make plastic raw materials transition from food carbohydrates to non-food carbohydrates. They collected the 36D1 Bacillus coagulans strain from the hot springs of Calistoga, USA, and added a little calcium carbonate during the test. They found that these garden wastes can produce large quantities of lactic acid, and the effect can be completely matched with grain carbon dioxide. Compounds are comparable.
“This means that domestic waste can completely replace corn or sucrose, which can be used to synthesize biodegradable plastics, which greatly reduces costs,†the experts said. “Using garden waste as raw material for plastic production, the cost is 1 /13 is one-fifth that of corn or wheat. Experts hope that this new method of producing bioplastics can help the United States reduce its dependence on foreign oil.