Development and optimisation of extruded bio-based polymers from poultry feathers

With global oil supplies expected to deplete within the next century, novel processing techniques and material developments are becoming a necessity to ease the burden and, eventually, replace these unsustainable resources. Work has begun to replace plastics (polymers derived from crude oil) with sustainable biopolymers. Often these can be derived from waste sources or low value by-products. Poultry feathers represent one possible feedstock...