Plastic composition

Abstract

A plastic composition consisting essentially of plastic matter, inorganic matter, and organic matter. The plastic composition has a notched izod impact above 12 J/m, a surface energy of at least 40 dyne/cm and, and when the plastic composition is subjected to injection molding, at least one of a tensile strength of above about 2.7 MPa, a tensile modulus of above about 600 MPa, a flexural modulus above about 690 MPa, a flexural strength above about 5.6 MPa, and a Charpy Impact above about 1.5 KJ/m2.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . An article of manufacture comprising a composite material, said composite material having thermoplastic properties and comprising organic matter, inorganic matter and plastic matter, the composite material being characterized by one or more of the following:
 having a phase transition from a solid to a flowable state at a temperature less than about 120° C.,   having no gaps between different components of the material when viewed at a magnification revealing structures above 0.1 μm,   having a surface energy above about 35 dyne/cm,   having a density above about 1.2 g/cm 3 ,   having a potassium content above about 1 mg potassium per 1 gm of composite material (mg/g),   having tensile strength of above about 4 MPa,   having tensile modulus of above about 600 MPa,   having flexural modulus above about 800 MPa,   having flexural strength above about 7 MPa,   having a notched Izod impact above about 12 J/m.   having a Charpy impact of above about 1.5 KJ/m 2 , 1.6 KJ/m 2 , 1.7 KJ/m 2 , or 1.8 KJ/m 2 ,   releasing volatile compounds comprising one or more of butanone, acetic acid, butanoic acid, furfural, and phenol,   comprising DNA,   comprising chlorophyll.   
     
     
         3 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , comprising two or more materials adhered to or blended with one another, wherein at least one of said two or more different materials comprises said composite material. 
     
     
         4 . The article of manufacture of  claim 3 , wherein at least one of said two or more materials is synthetic plastics. 
     
     
         5 . The article of manufacture of  claim 4 , wherein said synthetic plastics is virgin plastic. 
     
     
         6 . The article of manufacture of  claim 5 , wherein said virgin plastic is a polyolefin. 
     
     
         7 . The article of manufacture of  claim 4 , wherein the amount of said composite material being at least 50% out of a total weight of said article of manufacture. 
     
     
         8 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , wherein said organic matter comprises cellulose, hemicellulose and/or lignin and combinations of same. 
     
     
         9 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , wherein said organic matter is a non-plastic organic matter. 
     
     
         10 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , wherein said organic matter is present at a 10 w % to 80% w based on the total weight of the composite material. 
     
     
         11 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , having a surface energy of at least 40 dyne/cm. 
     
     
         12 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , having a notched izod impact above 12 J/m. 
     
     
         13 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , wherein the inorganic matter, the organic matter and the plastic matter are homogeneously dispersed in a continuous medium of the article of manufacture. 
     
     
         14 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , wherein essentially all gaps between the organic matter and the continuous medium, essentially all gaps between the plastic matter and the continuous medium, and essentially all gaps between the inorganic matter and the continuous medium are less than 0.1 micrometers in width. 
     
     
         15 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , having a potassium content above about 1 mg potassium per 1 gm of composite material (mg/g). 
     
     
         16 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , comprising DNA. 
     
     
         17 . The article of manufacture of  claim 2 , comprising chlorophyll.