Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic: Making Informed Choices
Explore sustainable alternatives to plastic including PLA, Oxo plastics, recycling, and using other materials like glass and metal. Learn about options funded by the European Union and how they impact the environment.
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Tobi Kyller Radek (zadek) Obdr lek Replacements for plastic Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
What are our choices? - - - - PLA or PLA+: made out of potato and corn starch Oxo plastic : modified plastic Just recycling just use something else
PLA and PLA+ - is plastic made out of corn and potato starch that is fully sustainable. - For example lego uses this type of plastic for their trees and flowers
Oxo Oxo-degradation is a process of plastic degradation utilizing oxidation to reduce the molecular weight of plastic, They are modified to state that they can be eaten by bugs bacterias and fungus and then be used as compost
maybe just recycle? why we won t just recycle? plastic can be recycled nearly forever new ways of recycling are discover every day(for example egg holders)
we can use other materials too! Or we can just don t use plastic at all. we can have milk and fizzy drinks in glass, use paper bags and make more stuff from wood and metal!
