PLASTIC AND BIOPLASTIC MADE OF POLYLACTID PLA Plastic
PLASTIC AND BIOPLASTIC MADE OF POLYLACTID (PLA)
Plastic and the environment 300 million t plastic are produced per year A European produce ca. 100 kg plastic waste per year Status 2016: 268. 000 t plastic swim at the ocean surface (≈ 5 billion plastic pieces)
Reduction of plastic per year Fishing line 600 years ttle o b c i t Plas ars e y 0 45 Plast ic 1 - 20 bag years
Environmental problems Plastic islands Plastic decompose to micro plastic (< 5 mm)… …by solar radiation, waves, stream
Deposit in the sediment (sea floor) Animals eat the plastic and die
Plastic is harmful… • …because the reduction process is slow, like for example a fishing net made of nylon. • …because it consists of harmful substances like phtalate, which is a softener. • …because digest it. • sea creatures absorb the micro plastic, but can not …because POP´s (persistent organic pollutants) of the micro plastic store into the fat tissue, manipulate the hormonal system and is cancer-causing.
Solution = bioplastic - Bioplastic of polylactid acid PLA = polylactid acid/ polylactid • Has • Is similarly quality like synthetic bio-degradable and biocompatible win of renewable resource, like maize or potatoes and so fossil raw material can be economized.
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