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Best of What's New 2007

Green Tech
Metabolix Mirel

E. coli-made plastic

Every year, 350 billion tons of plastic ends up in landfills. Mirel is the first biodegradable plastic that is as strong and versatile as common petroleum-based polymers and will break down in soil, compost, wetlands or oceans. It’s made with E. coli microbes that have been genetically engineered to eat corn sugar and turn it into polyester granules, which Metabolix extracts and forms into moldable pellets. Among the first commercial products: gift cards for Target. metabolix.com


  
OTHER WINNERS IN Green Tech




Nanosolar Powersheet
The New Dawn of Solar




GE Evolution Hybrid
THE CLEANEST TRAIN EVER BUILT




LEDdynamics EverLED
LED tubes overhead




Metabolix Mirel
E. coli-made plastic




WaterSaver Technologies Aqus System
GUILT-FREE FLUSHING




Ice Energy Ice Bear
FREEZING YOUR AC TO SAVE ENERGY




Triton Logging Sawfish Underwater Harvester
ROBOT SUB SALVAGES DROWNED TREES




Global Resource Corp. HAWK 10
MICROWAVES TURN CAR PARTS TO OIL




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