With the increasing development of petrochemical industry, the plastic industry has emerged. I also have many plastic products in our lives, including our disposable gloves.
However, the daily random use of plastic products has caused serious problems and burdens on the environment, so degradable disposable gloves have emerged.
PLA biodegradable gloves appeared on the market. The material of this biodegradable glove is mainly corn starch. This kind of glove can well achieve our degradation goal, it can even be completely degraded, but the premise is to landfill it.
What are the advantages of this degradable glove made of cornstarch?
Of course, its biggest advantage is that it is degradable, and it will not cause serious pollution to our environment.
Another advantage of PLA gloves is that they can eventually degrade into water and carbon dioxide in the natural environment.
In addition, its raw material is corn, which means it is a completely renewable raw material, and its cost is very low.
So, let’s talk about his shortcomings next.
Disposable gloves made of PLA have lower strength than ordinary PE gloves.
In addition, disposable gloves made of PLA have a shorter use time than plastic gloves.
Our MOSU is also studying our own degradable disposable gloves, mainly by adding degradable particles to the raw materials. The degradation time of this kind of gloves may be higher than that of PLA gloves, but it can maximize the flexibility and ease of putting on and taking off disposable gloves, and the use time will be longer.
