Research grant: Anna Lena Klein
Anna Lena Klein wants to make a contribution to tackling a fundamental environmental problem: plastic pollution in the sea. Therefore, she writes her Matura thesis on “algae-based bioplastic”. Her self-manufactured plastic, based on alginate (algae starch), she has been testing for its degradability since March. In 2016, 8 samples were buried in the forest floor and three samples were exposed by researchers from the HYDRA Institute on Elba in the Mediterranean (duration of the degradation test: 12 weeks).
The abstract on Anna Lena’s work and other photos is available at the following link (German only):
