Biodegradable Plastic from Tree Glue

Have you heard the one about Biodegradable Plastic from Tree Glue? Well ‘Good News’ about tackling the global problem of plastic waste appears to be like buses… You wait forever then two or three of them turn-up at once.. An article in the Telegraph today states that biodegradable plastic made from ‘tree glue’ could be on shelves within five years… This is not something that has just happened overnight researchers at the University of Warwick have found that a natural glue called lignin, which holds cellulose fibres together, stiffening plant stems, can be turned into a strong, moldable plastic. The Warwick’s teams ...

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