New Plastic Bags Biodegrade in Four Months


	New Plastic Bags Biodegrade in Four Months

shankargallery

5-24-2008 11:07 AM

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shankargallery says:

On the heels of our reporting about Canada's probable move to ban BPA plastics comes a story about researchers working at Missouri University of Science and Technology to develop hybrid plastics that would biodegrade in landfills within four months.

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