{"id":225872,"date":"2022-07-01T10:23:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polishscience.pl\/?p=225872"},"modified":"2022-07-01T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:23:38","slug":"lublin-scientists-work-out-biodegradable-polymer-composition-for-making-disposable-tableware-and-cutlery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/lublin-scientists-work-out-biodegradable-polymer-composition-for-making-disposable-tableware-and-cutlery\/","title":{"rendered":"Lublin scientists work out biodegradable polymer composition for making disposable tableware and cutlery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Scientists from the Lublin University of Technology (PL) Prof. Emil Sasimowski and \u0141ukasz Majewski from the Department of Technology and Processing of Polymer Plastics have created a biodegradable polymer composition intended for the production of packaging, disposable tableware and cutlery that decompose naturally under the influence of biological factors.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur composition consists of a polymer and a plant-based filler. Biodegradable polysuccinate, which is the matrix of the composition, is mixed with 10% to 50% of ground wheat bran with grain sizes below 0.2 mm\u201d, says Prof. Emil Sasimowski from the Department of Technology and Processing of Polymer Plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the use of bran, which is a by-product of grain milling, the costs of using the developed polymer composition are lower compared to unfilled biodegradable plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The invention of Lublin scientists was appreciated at the International Exhibitions of Inventions Geneva Inventions 2022 and iENA 2021, receiving two gold medals.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists from the Lublin University of Technology (PL) Prof. Emil Sasimowski and \u0141ukasz Majewski from the Department of Technology and Processing of Polymer Plastics have created a biodegradable polymer composition intended for the production of packaging, disposable tableware and cutlery that decompose naturally under the influence of biological factors. \u201cOur composition consists of a polymer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":225806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}