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My article on Plantic

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Plantic

Plantic is a bioplastic developed by Plantic Technologies Limited that is known for its edibleness and its tendency to disperse swiftly in water. It is a material that is derived from high-amylose corn starch that is used in food and beverage packaging. Notable companies such as Visy Industries and Nestlé use have started using this product due to its advantages and environmentally friendly properties.

Benefits

Plantic has numerous benefits that make it better than standard plastics:

Plantic	Conventional Plastics
Biodegradable Disintegrates quickly in water Does not use harmful petrochemicals (chemical products made from petroleum and other hydrocarbons) Certified both home compostable and biodegradable according to European standards	Takes a long time to degrade Leaves traces of oil-based deposits Most use petrochemicals

Plantic Technologies has also created more durable substances that won’t dissolve too fast when in contact with wet foods.

Manufacturing Process

Plantic Technologies creates the Plantic material sheets by extruding modified starch formulations into a sort of resin. The sheets then can be molded into items such as packaging trays for consumer use.

Company History

Plantic Technologies originated in Victoria, Australia. The corporation was made to obtain and build on possessions made by a group funded by the Australian government known as The Cooperative Research Centre for International Food Manufacture and Packaging Science (CRC). The CRC granted Plantic Technologies ownership of that property in 2002, and the company went on to start supplying to various snack companies, such as Cadbury Schweppes. Plantic Technologies broadened its horizons and developed its presence among European markets by opening a factory in Jena, a city in Thuringia, Germany, in 2004.. In 2005, Plantic Technologies struck up a strategic alliance with Visy Industries, the leading packaging company of Australia. According to an article on AZoM, Plantic Technologies increased their capital by $10 million from the deal. Later that year, the corporation got its first key client in Europe; Nestlé in the United Kingdom. Nestlé started using Plantic in the trays of their Dairy Box Products. In 2009, Plantic Technologies brought their presence and their products to the United States by signing an agreement with National Starch, a multinational company that works in developing industrial starches and polymers that is based in Indianapolis, according to an article on BusinessGreen. Plantic Technologies moved one of its lines to Indianapolis so that it would be easier to collaborate, since National Starch has been supplying starches to them since 2007. They continue to grow and strengthen to this day.

External Links

http://www.plantic.com.au/

TABLE TIME

This table should help you figure out what you get when you combine two directions:

	Left	Right
Up	Left & Up	Right & Up
Down	Left & Down	Right & Down

This is to help all of those having trouble with vector physics. Aren't I amazing? =3

Math

$Knowledge=Power$
$Time=Money$

$Power=Work/Time$
$Knowledge=Work/Money$
$Money=Work/Knowledge=f(x)$

$\lim _{Knowledge\to 0}f(x)=\infty$

Therefore, as knowledge decreases, money increases, regardless of how much work you do...
The following quote by George Carlin explains everything:

LOGIC!!

Paraphrase on HowStuffWorks:

People are always generating brain waves, although the types of waves are dependent on what state the person is in. Using an electroencephalograph (EEG), a person's brain waves can be monitored. If a person is relaxed, the EEG will show that his or her brain is generating alpha waves, which are brain waves that go through a cycle of about 10 oscillations every second. If a person is wide awake, the EEG will show that the person's brain is generating beta waves, or brain waves that undulate about twice as fast as alpha waves.

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Here's my timestamp!--Flisk (talk) 01:00, 26 January 2010 (UTC)