Advance toward making biodegradable plastics from waste chicken features
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 13:00
in Physics & Chemistry
In a scientific advance literally plucked from the waste heap, scientists today described a key step toward using the billions of pounds of waste chicken feathers produced each year to make one of the more important kinds of plastic. They described the new method at the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, being held here this week.