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    Curiosity Guide #506

    Bioplastics
    Accompanies Curious Crew, Season 5, Episode 6 (#506)

    Edible Spoons
    Investigation #2

    Description
    Have you ever thought about eating your silverware? Yum!

    Materials
     Edible Spoons https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-
    listing/B074LWQ662/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new
     Ceramic mug
     Hot drink

    Procedure
    1) Fill a ceramic mug with a hot drink.
    2) Stir the drink with the special spoon.
    3) Tap the spoon on the edge of the cup.
    4) Ask a friend what she thinks the spoon is made out of.
    5) Take a bite out of the spoon.
    6) Now ask your friend if she would like to change her prediction about
    the spoon’s material.

    My Results

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    Explanation
    People throw away six million tons of plastic knives, forks, and spoons
    ever year. This disposable plastic silverware fills up our landfills and
    doesn’t break down well. As a way to fight that pollution, scientists are
    experimenting with bioplastic silverware. The bioplastic spoons are
    naturally made with small seeded grasses called millet, rice, wheat, and
    unseeded grasses called millet. The earth-friendly spoons have no
    preservatives. These spoons last three years before going bad, are
    fairly rigid, and can effectively stir hot drinks. A bioplastic spoon will
    degrade in about five days if left outdoors. Edible silverware was
    developed in India as a substitute for conventional plastics that do not
    degrade well in landfills and as a way to reduce the amount of plastics
    that get thrown away. At first glance the edible silverware looks as
    though it is made out of wood. Amazingly, the silverware has been
    designed to come in different flavors, including sugar, ginger-cinnamon,
    garlic, celery, cumin, black-pepper, mint, carrot. Edible silverware gets
    baked when it is made, just like a bread would be.
    Increase your knowledge: Plastics come in two categories. First,
    there is conventional plastic, which is largely made from oil. The
    problem is, when oil-based plastics are thrown away into a landfill, they
    don’t really break down. The other kind of plastic engineers are
    developing are bioplastics. Bioplastics are made from plants, so they
    break down in a landfill, are renewable, and won’t hurt the environment.
    Different sugars and starches in plants like corn, potatoes, and even
    banana peels are the primary ingredients in bioplastics. Natural
    ingredients from bioplastics could really help our environment!
    Parents and Educators: use #CuriousCrew #CuriosityGuide to
    share what your Curious Crew learned!

    Curious Crew is a production of Michigan State University.


    Learn more at WKAR.org.
    © MSU Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.
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