{"id":38456,"date":"2018-12-10T18:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T13:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=38456"},"modified":"2018-12-10T18:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T13:07:52","slug":"bioplastics-may-not-be-better-for-climate-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bioplastics-may-not-be-better-for-climate-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioplastics may not be better for climate: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/bioplastics-may-not-be-better-for-climate-study-118120900137_1.html\">Bioplastics may not be better for climate: Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent study from the University of Bonn suggests that shifting to bioplastics may lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Key takeaway from the Study:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>According to the study, at the current level of technology, an increased consumption of bioplastics may generate increased greenhouse gas emissions due to deforestation and expansion of arable land.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><em>About Bioplastics:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bioplastic or bio-based plastic simply refers to plastic made from plant or other biological material instead of petroleum<\/li>\n<li>It can either be made by extracting sugar from plants like corn and sugarcane to convert into polylactic acids (PLAs), or it can be made from polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) engineered from microorganisms.<\/li>\n<li>The often-cited advantages of bioplastic are reduced use of fossil fuel resources, a smaller carbon footprint, and faster decomposition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bioplastics may not be better for climate: Study News: A recent study from the University of Bonn suggests that shifting to bioplastics may lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions Important facts: Key takeaway from the Study: According to the study, at the current level of technology, an increased consumption of bioplastics may generate&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bioplastics-may-not-be-better-for-climate-study\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bioplastics may not be better for climate: Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704863185},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}