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Plastic that grows on trees

physorg.com — Scientists have found a way of converting plant sugars into the primary building block for fuel, and polyesters. That building block is called HMF, and is viewed as a promising surrogate for petroleum-based plastics.

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  • secretwhistle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Now we can confuse the bagger at the foodjobber with "Save a tree!" when he asks, "Paper or plastic?"
  • mutusorin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0
    A really good alternative to the plastics made from crude oil. lets save the planet ...

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