BIODEGRADEABLE PLASTIC WALL
July 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLALTHOUGH it sounds like a chocolate teapot, organisers of this year's world Expo in Aichi, Japan, are claiming a world first: the creation and construction of a biodegradable plastic exterior wall. Made from biodegradable materials including corn-starch and food waste, the plastic has been manufactured and treated to not degrade, unless it is buried. Instead, tests have shown it can with stand water, heat and physical knocks. The Japan Pavilion Nagakute north exterior wall is made from 220 such biodegradable plastic panels of (1.5 by 2 metres ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.