I'm at Whole Foods the other day, they have this array
of recycle bins, sheesh, you need a PhD to toss your garbage.

Anyway, I throw the plastic utensils into the trash, one
of the staff says, "That's biodegradable, toss it in the
compost bin." Polywhatever can be fertilizer? It seems
the 'plastic' is made from potatos.

ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?


--
Rich

"RichD" > wrote in message
...
I'm at Whole Foods the other day, they have this array
of recycle bins, sheesh, you need a PhD to toss your garbage.
Anyway, I throw the plastic utensils into the trash, one
of the staff says, "That's biodegradable, toss it in the
compost bin." Polywhatever can be fertilizer? It seems
the 'plastic' is made from potatos.
ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?
Rich
>
hanson wrote:
1) 281 google hits for "plastic from potatoes".
2) Cross link the potatoes' Starch and you'll get some
Cellulose analogue, in certain ways like rayon.
3) Ferment the starch into lactic acid & polycondensate it into
PAL which can give plastic products similar to Acrylates.
4) ... and a host of other possibilities, all of which are barbarously
costly and shoddy green shit technology that will only
be around as long green shit like that is subsidized.
5) **** Enviros: Enviros caused global warming.
6) **** Enviros: Enviros caused high gas prices.
7) Enjoy chemistry -- but **** Enviros.
ahahaha... ahahahahanson

RichD wrote:
>
> I'm at Whole Foods the other day, they have this array
> of recycle bins, sheesh, you need a PhD to toss your garbage.
>
> Anyway, I throw the plastic utensils into the trash, one
> of the staff says, "That's biodegradable, toss it in the
> compost bin." Polywhatever can be fertilizer? It seems
> the 'plastic' is made from potatos.
>
> ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?
>
> --
> Rich

If you look up 'plastic from potatoes' you will get a lot of answers.

Look up 'polyester bees' for a different sort of 'plastic'.

Or try this for plastic made from veg oil:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0702151141.htm

"RichD" > wrote in message
...
> I'm at Whole Foods the other day, they have this array
> of recycle bins, sheesh, you need a PhD to toss your garbage.
>
> Anyway, I throw the plastic utensils into the trash, one
> of the staff says, "That's biodegradable, toss it in the
> compost bin." Polywhatever can be fertilizer? It seems
> the 'plastic' is made from potatos.
>
> ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?

From potato starch.
Google "compostable cutlery".

RichD wrote:
>
> I'm at Whole Foods the other day, they have this array
> of recycle bins, sheesh, you need a PhD to toss your garbage.
>
> Anyway, I throw the plastic utensils into the trash, one
> of the staff says, "That's biodegradable, toss it in the
> compost bin." Polywhatever can be fertilizer? It seems
> the 'plastic' is made from potatos.
>
> ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?

One method is described in U.S. Patent 6,211,325.

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

On Jul 15, 6:31*pm, RichD > wrote:
> I'm at Whole Foods the other day, they have this array
> of recycle bins, sheesh, you need a PhD to toss your garbage.
>
> Anyway, I throw the plastic utensils into the trash, one
> of the staff says, "That's biodegradable, toss it in the
> compost bin." *Polywhatever can be fertilizer? *It seems
> the 'plastic' is made from potatos.
>
> ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?
>
> --
> Rich

Day-old french fries...

Seriously, google "bioplastics" or look at this:
http://www.worldcentric.org/biocompostables/bioplastics

Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA

"hanson" > wrote
> ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?

You polymerize the starch.

"hanson" > wrote in message
news:t6afk.369$jS4.246@trnddc07...
| "RichD" > wrote in message
| ...
| I'm at Whole Foods the other day, they have this array
| of recycle bins, sheesh, you need a PhD to toss your garbage.
| Anyway, I throw the plastic utensils into the trash, one
| of the staff says, "That's biodegradable, toss it in the
| compost bin." Polywhatever can be fertilizer? It seems
| the 'plastic' is made from potatos.
| ok chemists, how do you turn potatos into a moldable material?
| Rich
| >
| hanson wrote:
| 1) 281 google hits for "plastic from potatoes".
| 2) Cross link the potatoes' Starch and you'll get some
| Cellulose analogue, in certain ways like rayon.
| 3) Ferment the starch into lactic acid & polycondensate it into
| PAL which can give plastic products similar to Acrylates.
| 4) ... and a host of other possibilities, all of which are barbarously
| costly and shoddy green shit technology that will only
| be around as long green shit like that is subsidized.
| 5) **** Enviros: Enviros caused global warming.
| 6) **** Enviros: Enviros caused high gas prices.
| 7) Enjoy chemistry -- but **** Enviros.
| ahahaha... ahahahahanson
|
Where Vice President of the USA Dan Quayle can't spell "potatoe"
Delaney can't spell "potatos" .
http://www.capitalcentury.com/1992.html


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