{"id":472,"date":"2011-10-20T22:43:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=472"},"modified":"2011-10-20T22:43:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:43:30","slug":"toyota-using-sugar-cane-bio-plastics-to-replace-oil-based-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Using Sugar Cane Bio-Plastics To Replace Oil-based Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.themotorreport.com.au\/52711\/toyota-using-sugar-cane-bio-plastics-to-replace-oil-based-plastics<\/p>\n<p>Toyota, who has long been experimenting with the use of <a title=\"what are bioplastics\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bioplastic\" target=\"_blank\">bio-plastics<\/a> in vehicle production, is now using a newly developed bio-plastic derived from sugar cane in its Japanese-market Sai Hybrid Sedan.<\/p>\n<p>Originally released with 60 percent of its exposed interior surfaces made from <a title=\"what is bioplastic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bioplastic\" target=\"_blank\">bio-plastics<\/a>, the new model, to be released on November 1, will have no less than 80 percent of its interior exposed surfaces &#8211; including seats &#8211; made from the new sugar-based bio-material.<\/p>\n<p>The new bio-plastic is employed in high-use areas such as the seat trim and carpets.<a title=\"toyota\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toyota.com\/?srchid=K610_p2604478\" target=\"_blank\"> Toyota<\/a> testing confirms that it matches petroleum-derived plastics for durability and cost, while outperforming other bio-plastics for heat-resistance, durability and shrink-resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota developed its bio-polyethylene terephthalate (bio-PET) by replacing monoethylene glycol (commonly used in PET manufacture) with a biological raw material derived from sugar cane.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be commonly known, but the manufacture of the Lexus CT200h achieved a world-first when bio-PET ecological plastic (derived from plants) was employed in its boot lining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.themotorreport.com.au\/52711\/toyota-using-sugar-cane-bio-plastics-to-replace-oil-based-plastics Toyota, who has long been experimenting with the use of bio-plastics in vehicle production, is now using a newly developed bio-plastic derived from sugar cane in its Japanese-market Sai Hybrid Sedan. Originally released with 60 percent of its exposed interior surfaces made from bio-plastics, the new model, to be released on November 1, will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,736,246,740,1],"tags":[747,748,750,752,1466,79,13,52,751,150,753,746,749,42,744,745],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioplastic","category-environmental-news","category-plastic-news","category-product-innovation","category-uncategorized","tag-2012-toyota-sai","tag-bio-plastic","tag-bio-polyethylene-terephthalate","tag-biological-raw-material","tag-bioplastic","tag-enso-biodegradable-plastics","tag-enso-plastics","tag-green","tag-monoethylene-glycl","tag-pet","tag-plastic-derived-from-sugar-cane","tag-sai","tag-sugar-cane","tag-technology","tag-toyota","tag-toyota-sai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}