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Sugar beet pulp may help cut the costs of making biodegradable plastic, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) studies suggest. The pulp is a fiber-rich byproduct of sucrose extraction procedures used by sugar beet processors. Most of the 40 million tons of U.S. sugar beet pulp generated each year is used as an inexpensive livestock feed or pet-food ingredient. But ARS chemists Victoria Finkenstadt and LinShu Liu aim to breathe new economic life into the pulp. US Department of Agriculture (2008, March 21). Cheap Beet Pulp Turned Into Value-Added Plastics Ingredient. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/03/080321122925.htm Bookmark this page!      |
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