bioplastic
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bioplastic
Example Sentences
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"Animals have probably been feeding on nature's original bioplastic for hundreds of millions of years - we're only discovering it now."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Its ruling, expected this fall, could open the door for materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags to be admitted into the organic compost waste stream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025
It has potential in the textiles industry as well, with the potential to help scientists collect human DNA on cotton swabs while researchers in China have developed a bioplastic alternative using salmon sperm.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
Compostable-labeled containers can be anything from paper and sugarcane-based bagasse to bioplastic, which is plastic made from plants like corn.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 26, 2023
The invisible shuttles have ceased to ply--the meshes of their tangled webs are broken--the more delicate threads of song are snapped in sunder, but the bioplastic spinners and weavers are all there.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
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