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Article: Iowa State researchers focus on harvesting bioplastics.(News)
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- July 27, 2009
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Byline: Frank Esposito
If researchers at Iowa State University have their way, bioplastics soon will join corn, soybeans and oats as one of the state's top agricultural exports.
Iowa State's Biopolymers & Biocomposites Research Team has developed proteins based on corn, soybeans and sorghum that can be converted into plastics. These products and other bioplastics efforts were on display at the university's booth at NPE2009 in Chicago.
"One of our driving forces has been that people have developed a conscience toward the environment, assistant professor David Grewell said.
Iowa State's bioplastics are based on long-molecule technology, ...