Feb/100
Sugar Cane Based Plastic
None of these obstacles applies to the plastic featured here. In a radical new approach to polyethylene production, ethanol derived from renewable and eco-friendly sugar cane is used to make ethylene, which is then converted into PE using standard processes. One major producer of bio-polyethylene estimates that its carbon footprint equals roughly 15% of that of traditional PE production — even after taking into account the transport of the sugar cane and the use of fertilizers. Incredibly, the only byproducts of bio-polyethylene production are recyclable water and a tiny amount of ethanol. Discarded parts are fully biodegradable and they can be composted with other organic matter.
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