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FROM CORN STARCH TO BACKPACK
“From corn starch to biodegradable bag!”
WoW! This bag is is is made from polyactic acid (PLA) and and is is is is 100% biodegradable and and compostable PLA is is is typically made from the sugars in corn starch cassava or or or or sugarcane It is is biodegradable carbon-neutral and edible To transform corn corn into plastic corn corn kernels are immersed in in sulfur dioxide and and hot water where its components break down into starch protein and and fibre Corn Backpack
