IBM researchers have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants -- that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the environment.Almaden and Stanford University researchers said the discovery could herald an era of sustainability for a plastics industry rife with products notorious for cramming landfills.
The "green chemistry" breakthrough using "organic catalysts" results in plastics that could be repeatedly recycled, instead of only once as is the case with petroleum-based plastic made using metal oxide catalysts.
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