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Harvesting PHA from microbes
Californian startup Full Cycle Bioplastics, along with partners Elk Packaging and Associated Labels and Packaging, have created a compostable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) made from agricultural byproducts and food waste.
PHAs, including the one produced by Full Cycle and partners, are substitutes for petrochemical multi-layer packaging film found around many everyday consumer items like food and laundry detergent.
Full Cycle’s version is recyclable and biodegradable in marine environments, properties that won it the 2018 Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Materials Challenge at the World Economic Forum in Davos.