Advance toward making biodegradable plastics from waste chicken features (scientist)

[Brian.Pearson]

ANAHEIM, March 31, 2011 — In a scientific advance literally plucked from the waste heap, scientists today described a key step toward using the billions of pounds of waste chicken feathers produced each year to make one of the more important kinds of plastic. They described the new method at the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, being held here this week.

[sponger42]

This would be great!

[Brian.Pearson]

I wrote them saying we could import feathers from other countries and we could make all the plastic we needed.

I just got a reply from Mr Bernstein, who said simply, "Excellent!"

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by Brian.Pearson

I wrote them saying we could import feathers from other countries and we could make all the plastic we needed.

I just got a reply from Mr Bernstein, who said simply, "Excellent!"

Why bother to import them, and then re-export them to countries where we would outsource the processing. Just import the plastic from the country that already has the feathers, the processing capability, and the cheap labor.

Why transport a whole shipload of feathers, to make a ton of plastic?

[Brian.Pearson]

I did pass that on.