Form (Filament, Liquid, Powder), Application (Prototyping, Manufacturing, Tooling), End-use Industry (Healthcare, Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Consumer Goods), and Region- Global Forecast to 2030" ...

Once the PLA was broken down to its basic building blocks, the researchers rebuilt the plastic and created a type of photo-curable liquid resin that is commonly used as printing “ink” for ...

PLA, a #7 plastic that is considered to be bio-based, is difficult to degrade. It will not deteriorate after a year of floating in either fresh or salt water. ... and produced a sort of photo-curable ...

About 300,000 tons of PLA are produced annually, and its use is increasing dramatically. A method to convert a commonly thrown-away plastic to a resin used in 3D-printing could allow for making better ...

Bearing this fact in mind, Washington State University scientists have devised a way of upcycling it into a 3D-printing resin. "[PLA] is biodegradable and compostable, but once you look into it ...

So, yes, as PLA advocates say, corn plastic is “biodegradable.” But in reality very few consumers have access to the sort of composting facilities that can make that happen.

PLA, or corn plastic, is made with Midwestern corn, not Middle East oil. Its production releases fewer toxic substances than making petroleum plastic and uses less energy, spewing an estimated two ...

Touted as an eco-friendly plastic alternative, PLA is only compostable under high-temperature conditions that “cannot be found in nature.” Search for: Science ...

Scientists at the University of Akron may have found a solution to one such shortcoming, engineering a new form of PLA plastic that can be used to contain boiling liquids. SUBSCRIBE.

Dear EarthTalk: What are the environmental pros and cons of corn-based plastic as an alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastic?-- Laura McInnes, Glasgow, Scotland Proponents also tout ...