However, these modified celluloses require large amounts of petroleum-based additives such as plasticizers, which results in bioplastics with a low plant component ratio and poor durability, including heat resistance and water resistance.
Abtech figures that those filters trapped 13, 500 pounds of pollution like solvents, oils, cosmetics, plasticizers and heavy metals the equivalent of about 1, 200 gallons of oil, that would otherwise have washed into the harbor.