{"id":48207,"date":"2020-08-17T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uc-san-diego-research-lab-to-make-environmentally-friendly-flip-flops-from-algae\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:50:00","slug":"uc-san-diego-research-lab-to-make-environmentally-friendly-flip-flops-from-algae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uc-san-diego-research-lab-to-make-environmentally-friendly-flip-flops-from-algae\/","title":{"rendered":"#UC San Diego research lab to make environmentally friendly flip flops from algae"},"content":{"rendered":"

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August 17, 2020 |<\/span> 12:50pm <\/p>\n

\n Researchers at University of California, San Diego hope to make future beach visits both environmentally and fashion-friendly, with a new formula for biodegradable flip flops.<\/p>\n

Mike Burkart, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the public research university in San Diego, California, has developed a polymer from algae, which decomposes naturally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe begin by growing algae and we grow them in raceway ponds where we can grow them up to very high density,\u201d said Burkart during a tour of the a lab for Reuters. \u201cAt that point when they are fully grown, we take the water out of them\u2026and basically we\u2019re able to get the algae down to a very viscous paste.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen what we do is extract all the lipids out of that algae and it\u2019s those lipids that we\u2019re making our materials out of,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The laboratory initially made gasoline from algae before turning its attention to surfboards, and now the humble flip flop.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost every major shoe manufacturer has come to talk to us about the possibility of using our materials in their products,\u201d Burkart said.<\/p>\n

The simple footwear is affordable and popular around the world, and therefore makes up a significant portion of discarded plastics polluting oceans and seas. But Burkart is hoping his algae-based shoe-wear will change that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also talking to other companies, for example, for things like food packaging or other types of materials that we don\u2019t want to live forever in the environment,\u201d Burkart said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really want those to be able to decompose or be able to be recycled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\n Renewable and biodegradable polyurethane made from algae and turned into a flip-flop is shown at a lab on campus at UC San Diego, in San Diego, California. <\/p>\n

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\n Algae is grown in a green house before being turned into renewable and biodegradable polyurethanes on campus at UC San Diego, in San Diego, California. <\/p>\n

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\n A small continuous pump system that helps turn algae into renewable and biodegradable polyurethane is seen in a lab on campus at UC San Diego, in San Diego, California. <\/p>\n

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\n A chart showing the breakdown of the biodegradation of polyurethane made from algae is shown in a lab on campus at UC San Diego, in San Diego, California. <\/p>\n

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\n Algae is seen after going through an extraction process as it is turned into renewable and biodegradable polyurethane on campus at UC San Diego, in San Diego, California. <\/p>\n

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\n Signage for protocols against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen on the floor before entering a lab that is turning algae into renewable and biodegradable polyurethanes on campus at UC San Diego, in San Diego, California. <\/p>\n

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