The world of plastics has recently been abuzz with plastics from renewable resources. There are companies working on corn,sugar cane,keratin,and even kiwi fruit based plastics. These plastics help alleviate some use of petroleum in the production industry.
Bacteria –Caroline Davis2010
These plastics come from plant based sources and by-product of food production. But are there even more avenues to explore.
OPX Biotechnologies,a start up in Boulder,Colorado,is using bacteria to produce chemicals that usually come from the petroleum stream. Using E. Coli bacteria,the company produces acrylic acid from sugar. This . . . →Read More:Bacteria based plastic?
