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Biodegradable Fabric Backing

biobac.jpgWe usually just burn our rubber clothes after we wear them, but now we won't have to. BioBac is a biodegradable plastic coating for fabrics that can be removed with heat and water.

The backing degrades into lactic acid, leaving the material covering—from upholstery, for example—ready for recycling. And recycling makes the earth stop sending us so much Ebola.

BioBac: Biodegradable Textile Coating [Treehugger]

12:46 PM on Wed Apr 20 2005
By johnb
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