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Plastics of interest

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	==Plastics of interest==		==Plastics of interest==
			===PHA===
			Polyester - is cultured by bacteria from sugar. - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhydroxyalkanoates#Industrial_production]
	===Polyethylene===		===Polyethylene===
	See page: [[Polyethylene_from_Ethanol\| OSE wiki]]		See page: [[Polyethylene_from_Ethanol\| OSE wiki]]

Marcin: /* Links and Books */

2018-02-22T13:12:24Z

Links and Books

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	=Links and Books=		=Links and Books=
			*'''Biomass into Bioplastics''' review paper - [https://www.intechopen.com/books/biotechnology-of-biopolymers/conversion-of-biomass-into-bioplastics-and-their-potential-environmental-impacts]
	*Treehugger - The Problem with Bioplastics - [https://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/problem-bioplastics.html]		*Treehugger - The Problem with Bioplastics - [https://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/problem-bioplastics.html]
	*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]		*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]

Marcin: /* Links and Books */

2018-02-22T13:07:27Z

Links and Books

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	=Links and Books=		=Links and Books=
			*Treehugger - The Problem with Bioplastics - [https://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/problem-bioplastics.html]
	*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]		*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]
	*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics'' - [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Plastics-Introduction-Biodegradable-Plastics/dp/069104967X#customerReviews]		*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics'' - [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Plastics-Introduction-Biodegradable-Plastics/dp/069104967X#customerReviews]
	*''Introduction to Bioplastics Engineering" - [https://www.elsevier.com/books/introduction-to-bioplastics-engineering/ashter/978-0-323-39396-6]		*''Introduction to Bioplastics Engineering" - [https://www.elsevier.com/books/introduction-to-bioplastics-engineering/ashter/978-0-323-39396-6]
	*''Bioplastics Home Inventor's Handbook'' - focuses on polymerizing existing polymers into bioplastics. Not accessible in Linux format. [https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bioplastics-a-home-inventors-handbook/id601157357?mt=11]		*''Bioplastics Home Inventor's Handbook'' - focuses on polymerizing existing polymers into bioplastics. Not accessible in Linux format. [https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bioplastics-a-home-inventors-handbook/id601157357?mt=11]

Marcin: /* Links and Books */

2018-02-22T13:02:38Z

Links and Books

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	*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics'' - [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Plastics-Introduction-Biodegradable-Plastics/dp/069104967X#customerReviews]		*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics'' - [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Plastics-Introduction-Biodegradable-Plastics/dp/069104967X#customerReviews]
	*''Introduction to Bioplastics Engineering" - [https://www.elsevier.com/books/introduction-to-bioplastics-engineering/ashter/978-0-323-39396-6]		*''Introduction to Bioplastics Engineering" - [https://www.elsevier.com/books/introduction-to-bioplastics-engineering/ashter/978-0-323-39396-6]
			*''Bioplastics Home Inventor's Handbook'' - focuses on polymerizing existing polymers into bioplastics. Not accessible in Linux format. [https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bioplastics-a-home-inventors-handbook/id601157357?mt=11]

Marcin: /* Links and Books */

2018-02-22T12:58:40Z

Links and Books

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	*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]		*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]
	*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics'' - [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Plastics-Introduction-Biodegradable-Plastics/dp/069104967X#customerReviews]		*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics'' - [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Plastics-Introduction-Biodegradable-Plastics/dp/069104967X#customerReviews]
			*''Introduction to Bioplastics Engineering" - [https://www.elsevier.com/books/introduction-to-bioplastics-engineering/ashter/978-0-323-39396-6]

Marcin: /* Links */

2018-02-22T12:55:05Z

Links

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	Please see new dedicated page - [[Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise]]		Please see new dedicated page - [[Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise]]

	=Links=		=Links and Books=
	*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]		*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]
	*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics''		*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics'' - [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Plastics-Introduction-Biodegradable-Plastics/dp/069104967X#customerReviews]

Marcin: /* Links */

2018-02-20T11:29:16Z

Links

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	=Links=		=Links=
	*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]		*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]
			*Book - ''Green Plastics, An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics''

Marcin: /* Links */

2018-02-17T07:17:09Z

Links

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	=Links=		=Links=
	*Soybean Car - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]		*Soybean Car. Ford's car was not bioplastic, but a phenolic resin strengthened with biofibers - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]

Marcin: /* Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise */

2018-02-17T06:59:29Z

Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise

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	==Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise==		==Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise==
	Please see new dedicated page - [[Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise]]		Please see new dedicated page - [[Bioplastic Open Source Enterprise]]

			=Links=
			*Soybean Car - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car]

Rasmus at 18:14, 21 August 2016

2016-08-21T18:14:54Z

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	==Bioplastics of interest==		==Bioplastics of interest==
	'''Cellophane''' is reformulated cellulose (wood), produced via an acid and base dunk of sawdust. This may be used in glazing. Car bodies may be made; the original car bodies for Ford were soybean-derived bioplastics.

	~~'''Polylactic acid'''~~ can be ~~made by fermenting starch~~.		[[File:Bacillus subtilis Gram.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Certain strains of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_subtilis Bacillus subtilis] bacteria can be used to produce [[polyhydroxyalkanoates]]. ]]

	'''~~Polyethylene~~''' ~~can~~ be ~~fabricated from ethylene (which can~~ be ~~relatively easily produced from [[ethanol]])~~.		*'''Cellophane''' is reformulated cellulose (wood), produced via an acid and base dunk of sawdust. This may be used in glazing. Car bodies may be made; the original car bodies for Ford were soybean-derived bioplastics.

	'''Mycelium''' can be placed in a mold with grain husks, wheat straw or any of a wide variety of other biomass (with different end product results) and be made into a variety of useful products, including a durable closed cell foam substitute. See: [http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/car-parts-from-mushrooms], [http://www.ecovativedesign.com/] [http://dmampo.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/mushroom-based-car-parts/](these refer to the same product and company). According to one patent (Patent application number: 20110306107) suitable fungal species		*'''Polylactic acid''' can be made by fermenting starch.

			*'''Polyethylene''' can be fabricated from ethylene (which can be relatively easily produced from [[ethanol]]).

			*'''Mycelium''' can be placed in a mold with grain husks, wheat straw or any of a wide variety of other biomass (with different end product results) and be made into a variety of useful products, including a durable closed cell foam substitute. See: [http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/car-parts-from-mushrooms], [http://www.ecovativedesign.com/] [http://dmampo.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/mushroom-based-car-parts/](these refer to the same product and company). According to one patent (Patent application number: 20110306107) suitable fungal species
	"include, but are not limited to, Pleurotus djamor, Pleurotus eryngii, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbines, Grifola frondosa, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma oregonense, Lentinula edodes, Agrocybe aegerita, or Coprinus Comatus" (Read more: [http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20110306107#ixzz2Lj41OUTC]).		"include, but are not limited to, Pleurotus djamor, Pleurotus eryngii, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbines, Grifola frondosa, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma oregonense, Lentinula edodes, Agrocybe aegerita, or Coprinus Comatus" (Read more: [http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20110306107#ixzz2Lj41OUTC]).

	Work needs to be done open-sourcing this process - what mycelium are used? Where can we get spores? What can we make? We may be able to obtain some and identify it under a microscope (wary of not infringing patents of course; maybe a similar but lower performing mycelium that is not patented could suit our purposes for building insulation etc.)		Work needs to be done open-sourcing this process - what mycelium are used? Where can we get spores? What can we make? We may be able to obtain some and identify it under a microscope (wary of not infringing patents of course; maybe a similar but lower performing mycelium that is not patented could suit our purposes for building insulation etc.)

	'''[[Polyhydroxyalkanoates]]'''		*'''[[Polyhydroxyalkanoates]]'''

	== Where to get ==		== Where to get ==