O mea e mafai ona pala, o mea ia e mafai ona talepeina atoatoa i vaega mole mole maualalo e meaola ninii (fa'ata'ita'iga, siama, sigi, ma algae, ma isi) i lalo o tulaga faalenatura o le siosiomaga talafeagai ma fa'aalia le umi.I le taimi nei, e masani ona vaevaeina i latou i ni vaega autu se fa: polylactic acid (PLA), PBS, polylactic acid ester (PHA) ma polylactic acid ester (PBAT).
PLA o loʻo i ai le biosafety, biodegradability, mea faʻainisinia lelei ma faigofie gaioiga, ma e faʻaaogaina lautele i le afifiina, ie, faʻatoʻaga palasitika ata ma biomedical polymer alamanuia.
E mafai ona faʻaogaina le PBS i le afifiina o ata tifaga, meaʻai laulau, mea faʻapipiʻi foam, fagu faʻaoga i aso uma, fagu vailaʻau, ata faʻatoʻaga, vailaʻau faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi faʻagesegese ma isi fanua.
E mafai ona faʻaaogaina le PHA i oloa faʻaaogaina, ofu taʻavale mo masini faʻafomaʻi, afifiina ma ato faʻapalapala, suʻi faʻafomaʻi, mea faʻaleleia, fusi, nila faʻapipiʻi, ata faʻapipiʻi ma stent.
O le PBAT o loʻo i ai le lelei o le lelei o le faʻatinoina o ata tifaga ma le faʻaogaina o ata tifaga, ma e faʻaaogaina lautele i le fanua o ata faʻapipiʻi lafoai ma ata faʻatoʻaga.