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What is the minimum (percentage) amount of starch needed to make bio plastics?

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-Pharma

I am working on an Olympiad project and I've tried looking on some different websites but i had no luck finding it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hey!

After looking it up, I found that the common amount of starch used is 1 tsp. However, I do not know if this is the minimum amount. This link may help you- http://green-plastics.net/posts/76/qaa- ... c-project/

Hope this helps!

Matthew