Science Behind the Solution: Biodegradable Plastics Made From Renewable Resources
Metabolix has a longstanding and ongoing research and development program that fosters an integrated systems approach to industrial biotechnology. Mirel is just the first of several attractive opportunities for developing biodegradable plastics made from renewable resources.
A great success of the bioplastics industry has been the development of new catalysts that allow the formation of building-block monomers, and their subsequent polymerization is carried out with high selectivity and efficiency.