<P> Bioplastics are plastics derived from renewable biomass sources , such as vegetable fats and oils , corn starch , or microbiota . Bioplastic can be made from agricultural by - products and also from used plastic bottles and other containers using microorganisms . Common plastics , such as fossil - fuel plastics ( also called petrobased polymers ) , are derived from petroleum or natural gas . Production of such plastics tends to require more fossil fuels and to produce more greenhouse gases than the production of biobased polymers ( bioplastics ) . Most bioplastics biodegrade more readily than commodity fossel - fuel derived plastics . Bioplastics are usually derived from sugar derivatives , including starch , cellulose , lactic acid . As of 2014 , bioplastics represented approximately 0.2 % of the global polymer market ( 300 million tons ) . </P>
<P> Bioplastics are plastics derived from renewable biomass sources , such as vegetable fats and oils , corn starch , or microbiota . Bioplastic can be made from agricultural by - products and also from used plastic bottles and other containers using microorganisms . Common plastics , such as fossil - fuel plastics ( also called petrobased polymers ) , are derived from petroleum or natural gas . Production of such plastics tends to require more fossil fuels and to produce more greenhouse gases than the production of biobased polymers ( bioplastics ) . Most bioplastics biodegrade more readily than commodity fossel - fuel derived plastics . Bioplastics are usually derived from sugar derivatives , including starch , cellulose , lactic acid . As of 2014 , bioplastics represented approximately 0.2 % of the global polymer market ( 300 million tons ) . </P>
starch based food to be made into plastic
starch based food to be made into plastic
corn starch
corn starch