very interesting article
Tailoring new materials within a perspective of eco-design or sustainable development is a philosophy that is applied to more and more materials. It is the reason why material components such as biodegradable polymers can be considered as ‘interesting’ alternatives.
“…It has a reasonable price and some remarkable properties to fulfill different applications. For instance, the PLA production capacity of Cargill (USA) or NatureWorks in 2007 was 140 kT per year at 2–5 Euros per kg. “
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