How can plastics be designed so that they maintain their useful properties while also being more easily recyclable? Chemist Stefan Mecking and his research group at the University of Konstanz are focused on studying eco-friendly solutions for plastics. In their recent paper in the international edit
Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a new plastic that is highly stable, biodegradable, and readily recyclable.
are focused on studying eco-friendly solutions for plastics. In their recent paper in the international edition of, the team introduces a new polyester that exhibits material properties that are suitable for industrial use and environmentally responsible.Plastics are made of long chains of one or several chemical basic modules, so-called monomers. Plastics distinguished by high crystallinity and water repellency, therefore mechanically highly resilient and stable, are widely used.
The new plastic also has another, quite unexpected property: in spite of its high crystallinity it is biodegradable, as lab experiments with natural enzymes and tests at an industrial composting plant showed. Within a few days, in a lab experiment, the polyester was degraded by enzymes. The composting plant’s microorganisms required about two months, so this plastic even meets ISO-composting standards.
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