Natural biomass biodegradable packaging for food items will replace plastic, which takes years to decompose, by using natural materials instead. Biomass biodegradable packaging can come from all sorts of natural materials. Corn stover, rice hulls, and sugarcane bagasse have all been used to create synthetic polymers for packaging usages. By using biomass biodegradable packaging, a large reduction in single use plastic would occur. The biomass biodegradable packaging options all decompose, generally, within a year after their use. The implications of cutting out materials that take hundreds of...
Natural biomass biodegradable packaging for food items will replace plastic, which takes years to decompose, by using natural materials instead. Biomass biodegradable packaging can come from all sorts of natural materials. Corn stover, rice hulls, and sugarcane bagasse have all been used to create synthetic polymers for packaging usages. By using biomass biodegradable packaging, a large reduction in single use plastic would occur. The biomass biodegradable packaging options all decompose, generally, within a year after their use. The implications of cutting out materials that take hundreds of years to decompose are widespread and deep.
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Biodegradable packaging would replace single use plastics and disintegrate at a much faster rate, it would not contain any harmful substances that would spread into our water/air/digestive systems. This packaging would add nutrients back into soil when degrading (a 'cradle to cradle' approach).