| Maine researchers eye homegrown plastics |
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It's not apparent, but the plastic bottles of Noble Juice at Wal-Mart and local supermarkets are made from corn, not petroleum. So is the resin liner inside a Green Mountain Coffee Roasters takeout cup, and the plastic iced coffee cups used by Coffee By Design in Portland. This bioplastic comes from a facility in Nebraska owned by NatureWorks LLC, a subsidiary of international food and farming giant Cargill. It's the country's first manufacturer to harvest the starch stored in plant sugars and create a clear plastic, called polylactic acid, or PLA. Bookmark this page!      |
| Source: | mainetoday.com |
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