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The Artifact Spotlight page provides brief stories for a selection of artifacts, including new acquisitions, from the Canada Agriculture Museum collection.

Frisbee and Flower Pot, ca 2010

Frisbee and Flower Pot

 

What do a Frisbee, a flower pot, and a potato have in common? The Frisbee and the flower pot contain a potato-starch biopolymer. Canadian company Solanyl Biopolymers, based in Carberry, Manitoba, invented a means of extracting starch from water reclaimed after processing potatoes into foods such as frozen French fries. Depending on the biopolymer used in manufacture, products can be made to biodegrade in as little as 5 months. Better watch how far you throw that Frisbee!

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