{"id":74610,"date":"2025-10-12T23:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T23:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/74610\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T23:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T23:25:05","slug":"they-turned-bamboo-into-plastic-this-new-material-breaks-down-in-50-days-and-could-finally-end-the-global-plastic-crisis-sustainability-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/74610\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey Turned Bamboo Into Plastic\u201d: This New Material Breaks Down in 50 Days and Could Finally End the Global Plastic Crisis &#8211; Sustainability Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxOUWdZVDBkbUg1REZDSnhxQnMzTXg3ZWdOWUdWNFBHWnMwWTc3dEFvSnVQZHY4ek9SN2Fab3NFWFdtMW4wbHNJUkVfWDMtOGlWcExKaW9tU1ViTm5semxCNlpjUFpmbGFEckxzdFRyT0xWM09iOWtvcXRuM244WWIyRVFtTE1nN040a3k0eXdiSDctbV9UaWh4dnVZN0VzVmViWHFtSGZ4UWVPeFRmTUlhWE5qdVJYSFVxZ205aS1WU1F2VDBYZ0FmVE9QdjRITjZyUG5aTm9FVm9hTnhyQkxYWHAwOE1YSlVlRVpmbDZlT2ZYM1FiamQ4ZHVGSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cThey Turned Bamboo Into Plastic\u201d: This New Material Breaks Down in 50 Days and Could Finally End the Global Plastic Crisis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sustainability Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNRTV5d0dETG1MYTJXd2lJMnpfOUxzaHJ0SWdtY1ZiMFViYnpSMnc5Tnd1SGVvTUgySE55aFNudlZZOHczU0FNSHQtQ1RNT1hRWXhnOVNNUjljTXdvRzFieGhjZ0NSOE94ODRlaWFpLVN4RDFiM2FZdTlVNDRZR0M3WFh4aXZKVlFTNEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bamboo plastic is strong, moldable, and vanishes in soil<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Earth.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYEFVX3lxTE83TlVSLTZYTkJ5Y1dBNFZuSzZ3OVBpN1c0RHd3MXdrdGxPTldzdVA1cFJGY3phT3pRTXE1VEN0UkdTaW9lWXluMFgySTBBU2pBb3h2X2F1NUtjUVNEWnc4Nw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists develop new &#8216;bamboo bioplastic&#8217; that outperforms traditional plastic, breaks down in just 50 days<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Good Good Good News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxOLThwamIycUI5WnJIMzNOa2ZyRTdIOFVLNnhUdFpVQnlCbW01OTYzUWlZSFZieG5lYlRyTXN3LXN1TDVpYmZMd1RmY2NLM0wtSkd2ZDdic1g4MmlEWDc0Uy1YMmlTRHNrSjgtWWVrdjdMU1poR3hfM3NtbXBhRUc2bHU0NXlycXVqYnNMMGhsV0k3NktMeHBxSk8wR18tbnRuWU1iNkxVTllsVjl4V0dXN2pWUjQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New Scientist<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOcl9uLVFkUEhsaHpINDJRZE5nLU5GOXpkSzFtZWlCZlV1bHMxVkdpSGFCS1I4QzdBd0JIaENhTURHbFdHRjJQa1JyaUtScXV4UTZhM25YVTVlV3FxZXpXdU9QTEdxd2V2SGVRcGpJTXREVWRZVEhOSDg3dmhGcGhFTkdR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bamboo-derived biodegradable plastic is as durable as the real thing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New Atlas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThey Turned Bamboo Into Plastic\u201d: This New Material Breaks Down in 50 Days and Could Finally End the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-74610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}