sustainability and plant material

• sustainable 


  using resources in a way that the requirements of the current generation are met without depleting resources for future generations
• plant fibres

  • more sustainable than oil based plastics
  • decrease fossil fuel use+plants are renewable as can be replanted
  • they are biodegradable- break down into microbes to decrease environmental pollution
  • plant fibres NOT as strong
• starch

  • excess sugars stored as starch
  • can be used to make bioplastics-sustainable
  • not as much fossil fuel required+ plants are renewable
  • also used to make bioethanol for fuel-more sustainable