Abstract
Petroleum is the source of raw chemicals for nearly all modern plastics. The large underground oil reserves from which petroleum is extracted were created over eons through the deposition and conversion of ancient cyanobacteria and algae. Because modern cyanobacteria and algae, which can be grown at agricultural scale without competing for resources for food production, make the same kinds of molecules as their ancient ancestors, these organisms can serve as an alternative, sustainable source of materials for bio-derived analogs of synthetic plastics as well as other bioplastics. The immense diversity of algae across nearly every biome on the planet, in addition to the ability to genetically engineer these organisms, means that a suitable strain for industrial production of bioplastics and plastic precursor materials can be either found or designed for nearly any growth facility across the globe.
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