Scientists Create Durable Biodegradable Bamboo Plastic That’s Stronger Than Petroleum-Based Materials | Happy Eco News
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Chinese researchers created biodegradable bamboo plastic with 110 MPa tensile strength that decomposes in soil within 50 days. Published in Nature Communications (October 2025), the material outperforms petroleum-based plastics in terms of strength and stability, while maintaining 90% of its original strength after recycling. This makes it a renewable and recyclable alternative for industrial use.

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A new biodegradable bamboo plastic could replace conventional plastics, offering a fully biodegradable alternative that is durable, recyclable, and easy to manufacture at scale.

Chinese researchers have developed a biodegradable bamboo plastic that not only rivals but surpasses traditional petroleum-based plastics in strength and thermal stability while decomposing naturally within 50 days. The breakthrough, published in Nature Communications in October 2025, could revolutionize manufacturing by offering a renewable, recyclable, and high-performance alternative for industries such as automotive and infrastructure.

  • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    If you take the seat out of your car and bury it in soil, it will start to decompose. Keeping the plastic out of ideal decomposition conditions will make it last longer.

    • gasgiant@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Maybe if some of it is made of cotton (unlikely usually synthetic) or leather. Even then that will take much longer than that to decompose.