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Food packaging target for ‘green plastics’

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and two Chinese companies operating in the plastics sector – Shandong Lianxin Environmental Protection Technology and Hangzhou Hecai Technology – have agreed to develop environmentally friendly ‘green plastics’ of high molar mass called aliphatic polycarbonates (PCs). Shandong Lianxin Environmental Protection Technology envisions targeting the biomedical products and…

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