A super-strong plastic that reverts to dust

Name: A super-strong plastic that reverts to dust
Uploaded: 2018-02-12T16:18:30Z
Duration: 7 min 53 s
Description: Plastics advocate Jeannette Garcia's accidental invention of a super-strong and fully biodegradable polymer could make today's environmental curse tomorrow's sustainable answer. The implications? Recyclable airplanes, dissolvable water bottles and dramatically diminished landfills.

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Jeannette Garcia |

TED@IBM

• October 2015

Plastics advocate Jeannette Garcia's accidental invention of a super-strong and fully biodegradable polymer could make today's environmental curse tomorrow's sustainable answer. The implications? Recyclable airplanes, dissolvable water bottles and dramatically diminished landfills.