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Wave of the future? Throwing out plastics could plants flowers. Evidently Motorola has worked with their supplier, Pvaxx R&D, and developed a completely biodegradable plastic:
Scientists said on Monday they have come up with a cell phone cover that will grow into a sunflower when thrown away.
Materials company Pvaxx Research & Development, at the request of U.S.-based mobile phone maker Motorola, has come up with a polymer that looks like any other plastic, but which degrades into soil when discarded.
...”It’s a totally biodegradable and non-toxic plastic,” said Pvaxx spokesman Peter Morris.
“This is the first product that we’ve made public. We’re working with blue chip companies and will introduce several products next year,” he said, adding it would be used in electronics, horticulture, ammunition and household cleaning.
Embedding a sunflower seed in the plastic can lead to a flower growing when the plastic is discarded:
...Researchers at the University of Warwick in Britain then helped to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed, which will feed on the nitrates that are formed when the polyvinylalcohol polymer cover turns to waste.
