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PLA
(redirected from Polylactic acid)

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PLAPeople's Liberation Army (China)
PLAPaola (postal locality, Malta)
PLAPrior Learning Assessment
PLAPublic Library Association
PLAPolylactic Acid
PLAPort of London Authority
PLAParticipatory Learning and Action
PLAProgrammable Logic Array
PLAProject Labor Agreements
PlaPlasminogen Activator
PLAProduct License Application (FDA)
PLAPhpLdapAdmin (PHP tool for LDAP Server Administration)
PLAPhone Losers of America
PLAPre-school Learning Alliance (London, UK)
PLAPalestine Liberation Army
PLAPrincipal's Leadership Award
PLAPatent License Agreement
PLAPennsylvania Library Association
PLAPlain Language Address
PLAPull Accumulator from Stack (6502 processor instruction)
PLAPortland Leather Alliance
PLAPure Love Alliance
PLAPublic Lands Act (Canada)
PLAPakistan Library Association
PLAPersonal Loan Agreement
PLAAmerican Plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
PLAPerformance Level Assessment
PLAPartial Look-Ahead
PLAPractice Low Approach (FAA)
PLAParticipatory Learning Appraisal
PLAPayday Loan Act
PLAPetroleum Licensing Authority (UK)
PLAPurchased Life Annuity
PLAPelvic Lymphadenectomy
PLAParachute Landing Area
PLAPower Level Angle
PLAPaya Lebar Air Base
PLAProvincial Liberal Association (Ontario, Canada)
PLAProfessional Labor Assistant
PLAProfessional Loadmaster Association
PLAPublic Land Acquisition
PLAPacific Legal Advisory (Bangkok & Thailand law firm)
PLAProliteracy America (education)
PLAPlucked from the Air (budgeting method)
PLAPierce Leahy Archives
PLAPool Leagues of America
PLAPartido Liberal Andaluz
PLAProcurement Liaison Auditor (Defense Contract Audit Agency)
PLAPlanar Loop Antenna (wideband antenna)
PLAPermanent Loan Agreement
PLAPathology Laboratory Associates, Inc (Tulsa, OK)
PLAPower Level Actuator
PLAPlanned Labor Application
PLAProactive Logistics Assessment
PLAProbabilistic Luck Assessment
PLAPylon Loading Adapter
PLAPower Lever Angle Actuator
PLAPensacola Lighthouse Association (Florida, USA)
PLAPower-Loading Agreement (coal mining; UK)
PLAPlease Leave Alone


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Biopolymer producers don't divulge their production volumes, but the stated plant capacities for the two most widely used biomaterials--starch-based Mater-Bi from Novamont in Italy and polylactic acid (PLA) from NatureWorks--far exceed those numbers.
Extruding biopolymers: packaging reaps cost benefit of going 'green': ... by Schut, Jan H. / Plastics Technology
Along with polymers based on polylactic acid made from corn and other material, through these activities Fujitsu will promote further expansion of the use of plant-based materials in its products.
Fujitsu Develops New Bio-Based Polymer from Castor Oil by JCN Newswires
A group of recycling organizations is calling for NatureWorks to halt expansion of its bio-based polylactic acid (PLA) in beverage bottles until the bioresin's recyclability has been demonstrated.
Recycling coalition calls for moratorium on PLA bottles by Recycling Today
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