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Dr. Kevin O'Connor, founder and CEO of Bioplastech, led the team and the biodegradable plastic they produce is called polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).
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Dr. Kevin O'Connor, founder and CEO of Bioplastech, led the team and the biodegradable plastic they produce is called polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).
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One of the big problems with plastic recycling is that the end result is polyethylene terephthalate--a fairly low-grade plastic that isn't as desired as polyhydroxyalkanoate or PHA, a biodegradable plastic that's kind of the Prius of the plastic world.
Sustainable: Plastic 2009
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One of the big problems with plastic recycling is that the end result is polyethylene terephthalate--a fairly low-grade plastic that isn't as desired as polyhydroxyalkanoate or PHA, a biodegradable plastic that's kind of the Prius of the plastic world.
Sustainable: More Adventures With Plastic-Eating Bacteria 2008
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One of the big problems with plastic recycling is that the end result is polyethylene terephthalate--a fairly low-grade plastic that isn't as desired as polyhydroxyalkanoate or PHA, a biodegradable plastic that's kind of the Prius of the plastic world.
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This week, scientists Kevin O'Connor and Patrick Ward, of the Department of Industrial Microbiology at University College Dublin, announced that they have discovered a bacterial strain that uses styrene , a toxic byproduct of the polystyrene industry (which produces Styrofoam, among other things), as fuel to make a type of biodegradable plastic, polyhydroxyalkanoate, known as PHA.
Bacteria Turn Toxins Into Plastic Rowan Hooper 2004
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The Bainbridge, Ga., firm is commercializing the polyhydroxyalkanoate
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The Massachusetts company announced it has completed a field trial of tobacco, genetically engineered to "express" polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biobased polymers.
All DN headlines 2009
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That gene, from the bacterium R. eutropha, turned out to code for an enzyme that allows bacteria to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) - a naturally occurring form of polyester - starting with only sunlight, water, and a carbon source.
Media Newswire 2009
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