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A team of researchers led by the University of Washington has developed a bioplastic that will degrade in your backyard compost bin. It’s made entirely from powdered spirulina, a biomass of cyanobacteria that can be consumed by humans and animals. Using heat and pressure – the same process used to create conventional plastics – the researchers formed the spirulina powder into a variety of shapes.
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