biodegradable
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"Our balloon is still made with natural latex, but we blend it with another biodegradable polymer and we don't add any of these additives that are used in traditional balloons," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
"So there was hundreds of trials. We had many, many failures," said Juliana Cumming, a PhD student at the university and co-creator of the "Bioloon", a 100-percent biodegradable balloon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
"For our balloon, however, we use a process that joins the biodegradable materials together without any additives, so it's able to break down fully."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He has spent nearly two decades studying amyloid fibrils and has previously used them to develop biodegradable plastic alternatives and water purification technologies.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
I even imagine that this tree was once a person, some Decker who was cremated and had asked to have their ashes packed into a biodegradable urn with a tree seed to give it life.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
Vocabulary lists containing biodegradable
Words to Live By: Bio
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Power Suffix: -able
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