The end of the era of plastic garbage is probably coming soon, thanks to this invention

A new type of plastic that is more friendly and offers all the advantages of plastic is now coming out.

Despite great efforts, it seems that the amount of human waste each year still doesn't tend to decrease.

Of course, to reduce garbage, people need to stop littering. For one thing, many people don't seem to be holding the seriousness of this problem, and they are still throwing things out on the road without worrying.

Plastic garbage is constantly appearing, with no downward trend.

So, a group of British experts have come up with an amazing solution. They created a new plastic made from . straw , and it would be a breakthrough for humanity.

Specifically, experts from the University of Warwick and the University of York (UK) have revised some genes in straw, to speed up the conversion of processing plants into bioplastics. And great, bio-plastics can be easily decomposed.

According to calculations, only need 5% of annual straw, or 3% of bagasse after use, we can produce billions of plastic bottles already (exactly 17 billion bottles).

It is known that bioplastic will be made of lignin (or wood) - a natural material that helps support the trunk. The remaining process involves distillation of sugar to improve plastics, instead of using kerosene as usual. As a result, we get a new plastic that is both durable and extremely fast decomposition.

According to Dr. Tim Bugg - professor of biochemistry at Warwick University, this bioplastic will be made from wheat straw . He believes that technology will allow us to mass produce them within the next 5 years.

"The interesting point is that this plastic is made of wood . And only 10 - 15 years ago, people thought this was unthinkable."

"Wood is the ideal material, because it is found right in rice straw and is a by-product of paper manufacturing."

Plastic is full of essential properties: durable, firm, fast decomposition.

If you create a plastic that is full of essential properties: durable, strong, and decomposing fast, it must be a tremendous resource for both businesses and the surrounding environment.

The design is currently in the hands of experts from Warwick University. They edited the gene of a bacterium called Rhodococcus jostii . That's all "sound" , it's actually a bacterium that is living on the ground, responsible for decomposing wood.

After a "little" time into the genome, science created a new generation of bacteria, capable of decomposing bioplastics at a faster rate.

"About 50,000 tons of PEF plastic bottles (short for bioplastics) are enough to replace 50% of all existing bottles in the UK," said Professor Simon McQueen-Mason from York University. He said the invention would create a new generation of plastics, replacing the old plastic completely.

It seems that the future of plastic garbage will soon come true. Hope so!