{"id":7120,"date":"2017-12-07T06:31:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T06:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2017-12-07T06:31:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T06:31:53","slug":"7120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/7120.html","title":{"rendered":"Dutch designers convert algae into bioplastic for 3D printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch designers\u00a0Eric Klarenbeek\u00a0and\u00a0Maartje Dros\u00a0have developed a\u00a0bioplastic\u00a0made from\u00a0algae, which they believe could completely replace synthetic plastics over time.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7121 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eric-klarenbeek-maartje-dros-change-system-dutch-design-week-algae_dezeen_2364_col_3-1704x2205-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eric-klarenbeek-maartje-dros-change-system-dutch-design-week-algae_dezeen_2364_col_3-1704x2205-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/eric-klarenbeek-maartje-dros-change-system-dutch-design-week-algae_dezeen_2364_col_3-1704x2205-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span id=\"more-1157623\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Klarenbeek\u00a0and Dros\u00a0cultivate algae \u2013 aquatic plants \u2013 which they then dry and process into a material that can be used to 3D print objects.<\/p>\n<p>The designers believe that the algae polymer could be used to make everything from shampoo bottles to tableware or rubbish bins, eventually entirely replacing plastics made from fossil fuels like oil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2017\/12\/04\/dutch-designers-eric-klarenbeek-maartje-dros-convert-algae-biopolymer-3d-printing-good-design-bad-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch designers\u00a0Eric Klarenbeek\u00a0and\u00a0Maartje Dros\u00a0have developed a\u00a0bioplastic\u00a0made from\u00a0algae, which they believe could completely replace synthetic plastics over time. Klarenbeek\u00a0and Dros\u00a0cultivate algae \u2013 aquatic plants \u2013 which they then dry and process into a material that can be used to 3D print objects. The designers believe that the algae polymer could be used to make everything from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[546,557,615],"tags":[675,554,136],"class_list":["post-7120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algae-non-fuel-products","category-algae-plastics","category-research-2","tag-algae-plastics","tag-algae-products","tag-algae-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7123,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7120\/revisions\/7123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}