Polylactic acid (PLA) bụ ụdị ọhụrụ nke ihe na-emebi emebi sitere na starch sitere na akụrụngwa osisi enwere ike imeghari dịka ọka. A na-edobe ngwa nri starch iji nweta glucose, bụ nke a na-eji ụdị ụfọdụ sie nri iji mepụta lactic acid dị ọcha. Mgbe ahụ, a na-emepụta ihe dị arọ nke polylactic acid site na usoro njikọ kemịkal. Ọ nwere ezigbo biodegradability na enwere ike imebi ya kpamkpam site na microorganisms na okike mgbe ejiri ya mee ihe, n'ikpeazụ na-emepụta carbon dioxide na mmiri na-emetọghị gburugburu ebe obibi.
Nke a bara ezigbo uru maka ichekwa gburugburu ebe obibi ma bụrụkwa nke a na-amata dị ka ihe na-emetụta gburugburu ebe obibi. Ilekọta ụwa, anyị nwere ibu ọrụ. Dị ka akụkọ akụkọ si kwuo, a na-atụ anya na ikuku carbon dioxide zuru ụwa ọnụ ga-arị elu ruo 60 ℃ n'afọ 2030. Usoro ọgwụgwọ maka plastik nkịtị ka na-ekpo ọkụ na ọkụ ọkụ, na-eme ka a na-ahapụ nnukwu gas na-ekpo ọkụ n'ikuku. N'aka nke ọzọ, a na-eli polylactic acid plastics n'ime ala maka mmebi, na-emepụta carbon dioxide nke na-abanye kpọmkwem n'ime ihe ndị dị n'ime ala ma ọ bụ ihe ọkụkụ na-etinye ya n'ime ya, na-ahapụghị ya n'ikuku ma ọ bụ na-akpata mmetụta griin haus.
Ihe akaebe nke mmiri, ume iku ume, mgbanwe, dị arọ, enweghị ọkụ ọkụ, dị mfe ire ere, na-adịghị egbu egbu na nke na-adịghị ewe iwe, ọgaranya na agba, na-emegharịghachi.
Na-ewere ngwa nke na-abụghị kpara akwa na ọgwụ na ahụike ubi dị ka ihe atụ, PLA na-abụghị kpara akwa bụghị nanị n'ụzọ zuru ezu izute nchekwa na usability chọrọ nke mkpofu nchebe ngwá, ma na-enye ngwaahịa ọhụrụ green na gburugburu ebe obibi enyi na enyi àgwà. Mgbe ejiri ya mee ihe, enwere ike imebi ya kpamkpam n'okpuru ọnọdụ composting n'ime ọnwa ole na ole, ọ bụghị naanị na-ebuteghị ibu arọ na gburugburu ebe obibi, kamakwa na-ekere òkè na mgbasa ozi eke.
Na mgbakwunye, akwa akpụkpọ anụ polylactic acid bụ ihe ọhụrụ dabere na ndu nwere mmetụta aka dị nro, nnabata siri ike, njigide mmiri, iku ume na bacteriostasis. Ọ bụ ihe dị ọcha, nchekwa, ahụike yana ihe dị nso na akpụkpọ ahụ. O nwere ọtụtụ njirimara ndu nke mkpụrụ ndị ọzọ na-enweghị ike dakọtara, ma bụrụ ihe dị mma maka nkpuchi ihu dị elu.