plastic that promises to vanish, though usually only under conditions your compost bin will never provide.
means a plastic made wholly or partly from renewable biomass like corn or sugarcane, instead of fossil fuels, that may or may not actually biodegrade.
from the term exploded in the 2000s as companies sought fossil-fuel alternatives, but the science dates to 1926 when a french scientist discovered PHA, a plastic made by bacteria.
pla cups — corn-starch cups common at festivals, need industrial composting to break down
lego plant plants — since 2018 lego makes some pieces from sugarcane-based polyethylene
pha ocean plastic — newlight technologies grows it from methane-eating bacteria in the pacific
mushroom packaging — ecovative grows mycelium packaging used by ikea since 2016