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plastics derived from renewable biomass sources
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bioplastic

Summary

bioplastic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • bioplastic is a type of plastic[2].
  • bioplastic is used for climate change mitigation[3].
  • bioplastic's Commons category is recorded as Bioplastics[4].
  • bioplastic comprises cellophane[5].
  • bioplastic comprises galalith[6].
  • bioplastic comprises vulcanized fibre[7].
  • bioplastic comprises cellulose acetate butyrate[8].
  • bioplastic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bioplastics[9].
  • bioplastic's partially coincident with is recorded as biodegradable plastic[10].
  • bioplastic's different from is recorded as biodegradable plastic[11].
  • bioplastic's different from is recorded as biopolymer[12].

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Definition and Type

bioplastic is a type of plastic[2].

Use and Application

bioplastic is used for climate change mitigation[3]. Components include cellophane[5]; galalith[6], a trademark[13]; vulcanized fibre[7], a material[14]; and cellulose acetate butyrate[8], a type of polymer[15].

Why It Matters

bioplastic ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[1] bioplastic has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] bioplastic is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . drawdown.org. drawdown.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → biodegradable plastic, biopolymer
    Subclass of → plastic
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7805, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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