Plantic: Making Plastic Disappear
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 10. 4.05
Bioplastics have graced our pages here at TreeHugger a number of times before, with specific products like disposable cutlery and disposable bags, and more generally, with posts like this one. There's even been one that you can get at the Museum of Modern Art, like this spork. Australian company Plantic throws their hat into the ring with their "plastic" that looks as though is used mostly in an egg-carton-like configuration, to house fancy chocolates and other delicate treats. Unlike most of those listed above, after just a few seconds in water, Plantic will disperse before your eyes. While it's a neat trick, this makes for an interesting "problem" for them: it won't stand up to many common uses for plastic. The braintrust is developing a product durable enough to withstand the rigors of widespread use; in the meantime, Plantic products, made of about 90 percent corn starch, will disappear from the compost heap in about three months. ::Plantic via ::We Make Money Not Art
See also our bigger than Ben Hur plastics packaging Q&A post, back in January, where we noted many bio type plastics, including Plantic.
I have seen a lot of these new types of plastic on this site, and have visited all the links to the propaganda. But! Not a single one will sell you any!
I would like to be able to buy small quantities of this type of plastic, and the type made from hemp, to test with cnc machining. Seems like a better idea than wasting oil based plastic or aluminum for creating prototypes.
Anyone know any links?
hey A Builder.. i can sympathize... it ain't easy gettingyou mitts on these ....BUT: if you want hemp plastic pellets to do some testing... post a comment to my blog with a return email address and i will connect you with the pellets