| ▲ | gerdesj 2 days ago | |
This is a novel material with a set of properties and a production "story" that looks rather cool - recycled vines. If those parameters meet the requirements for a material that you need to use then cool. Use it. I don't see any attributes in this article, which is fine but "stronger than ..." is a bit weak. The biodegradeable thing is probably going to be key if this stuff can hold hot liquids without poisoning the imbiber or can make plackey bags without falling to bits within seconds. | ||
| ▲ | weaksauce 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
they linked to the study... https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/fb/d5fb0... > These films exhibit a transparency of 83.70–84.30% mm−1 and a tensile strength of 15.42–18.20 MPa. They biodegrade within 17 days in soil at 24% moisture content. These films demonstrate outstanding potential for food packaging applications. Our research approach of repurposing agricultural byproducts to create high-value products helps reduce plastic waste, conserve the environment, and provide economic benefits to farmers. on the lower end of plastics but might be fine for this application: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/3-Tensile-strength-and-i... seems comparable to LDPE which i think the common bags are made from. | ||