A report of American Science Association technology news sharing platform ‘EurekAlert’ says, Israel Tel Aviv university have a new research, which is about a bioplastic polymer production process that does not require land and fresh water. This plastic is derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed, plastic waste is zero in toxicity and can be recycled in the form of organic waste.

Researchers use a microbe-feeding microbe to produce a bioplastic polymer called polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). This seaweed is a multicellular seaweed that can be planted in the sea, and a microorganism that grows in very salty water can eat multicellular algae and produce polymers that can be used to make bioplastics.

This new process will allow countries with freshwater shortages, such as Israel, China and India, to provide technology for the conversion of petroleum-derived plastics to biodegradable plastics.