Problem: Plastics are useful and inexpensive but are manufactured out of fossil fuels, used once and then thrown away and create systemic health and environmental health risks.Solution: Develop biodegradable plastics that are less expensive than petrochemicals while having similar or better material properties.
Breakthrough technology that makes it possible: Bacteria eat methane gas from landfills to create polyhydroxyalkalate (PHA) - a polymer that can replace polypropylene, one of the most commonly used petrochemical plastics.More at SolveforX.com via NextBigFuture:
