Bioplastic

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What Wikipedia says

Bioplastics (or bio-based plastics) are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources rather than petrochemical sources. This definition distinguishes it from biodegradable plastics, which are plastics that degrade by the natural action of microorganisms such as algae or bacteria.

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