bioplastic

It originates in the Amazon, where its growth is balanced by animals and parasitic insects that feed on it. Photography: Yaffe Keder Levy

'Plastic' from hyacinth: how can the problem of water hyacinth be turned into an advantage?

The plant that takes over freshwater lakes around the world, and harms the flora and fauna in them, can be used as a green raw material to replace plastic
The lotus flower. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The lotus is a self-cleaning bio-plastic

Inspired by the ever-clean lotus leaf, researchers have developed a self-cleaning bioplastic that is stable, sustainable and compostable * Not all bioplastics or bio-derived plastics are actually easily biodegradable