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August 11, 2008 2:50 PM PDT
Bioplastics company Metabolix has devised what it hopes is an efficient way to manufacture its product: growing grass.
The company on Monday said that it has has created "significant amounts" of its bioplastic by growing it in the leaves of switchgrass. The details of the greenhouse trial are published in Plant Biotechnology Journal.
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Posted by Natalie at 9:32 AM
Labels: bioplastic, switchgrass
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