Scientists Create Renewable Plastic from Christmas Trees
The majority of plastics today are created from oil, which is unsustainable. This can change though. Scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath (UK) have developed a renewable plastic from a chemical known as pinene which is present in pine needles. Pinene is the aromatic chemical from the terpene family that gives pine trees their distinctive “Christmas smell” and is also waste by-product of the paper industry.
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