biodegradable plastic bags

11.22.09

New Plastic Bags Biodegrade in Four Months

A new type of plastic made from corn starch could solve some of the material's most egregious crimes
By Matt Ransford Posted 04.17.2008 at 11:41 pm 10 Comments

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. As our editor Nicole Dyer pointed out in a comment to the BPA post, the larger and more important issue facing plastics is their propensity to stick around forever.

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PPX: New Year's Payouts, Part One

Lots of closures to start 2008
By popsci Posted 01.02.2008 at 4:57 pm 1 Comment

PPX traders, hope everyone had a great holiday! We're happy to announce the payouts of the following stocks that coincided with the end of 2007:

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