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EPISODE · Jan 12, 2011

Our Sustainable Future: Biodegradable plastic from milk and clay

from Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions

With continuing concern about plastic waste accumulating in municipal landfills, and reliance on imported oil to make plastics, scientists have created an ultra-light biodegradable foam plastic material made from two unlikely ingredients.

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