I-Polylactic acid (PLA) inamandla amakhulu kunye ne-ductility. I-PLA inokuveliswa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo eziqhelekileyo zokusetyenzwa, njengokubumba ukunyibilika kwe-extrusion, ukubunjwa kwesitofu, ukubumba ifilimu, ukubumba ugwebu kunye nokubumba i-vacuum. Ineemeko ezifanayo zokubumba kunye neepolima ezisetyenziswa ngokubanzi. Ukongeza, ikwanomsebenzi ofanayo wokushicilela kunye neefilimu zemveli. Ngale ndlela, i-polylactic acid inokwenziwa kwiimveliso ezahlukeneyo zesicelo ngokweemfuno zamashishini ahlukeneyo.
Ifilimu ye-lactic acid (PLA) inomoya omhle wokungena emoyeni, i-oksijini ekwazi ukungena kunye ne-carbon dioxide permeability. Kwakhona ineempawu zokuhlukanisa ivumba. Iintsholongwane kunye nokubumba kulula ukunamathela kumphezulu weplastiki ye-biodegradable, ngoko kukho ukuthandabuza malunga nokhuseleko kunye nococeko. Nangona kunjalo, iasidi yepolylactic kuphela kweplastiki enokubola ngebhayoloji ene-antibacterial egqwesileyo kunye nokumelana nokungunda.
Xa incinerating i-polylactic acid (PLA), ixabiso layo le-calorific yokutsha liyafana nelo phepha elitshisiweyo, elisisiqingatha sokutshisa iiplastiki zemveli (ezifana ne-polyethylene), kunye nokutshiswa kwe-PLA akusayi kukhulula iigesi ezinetyhefu ezifana ne-nitrides kunye iisulfides. Umzimba womntu uqulethe i-lactic acid ngendlela ye-monomer, ebonisa ukhuseleko lwale mveliso yokubola.