A growing body of scientific evidence makes plastics
increasingly less attractive to "green" consumers. Hormone-
altering substances seep from drinking bottles. Great plastic
garbage patches swirl in the ocean. And plastic bits have been
found to concentrate poisons at levels a million times higher
than in the water. Many people don't even know that most plastic
is made from petroleum. But agriculture giants including Archer
Daniels Midland and small companies such as Cereplast are baking
plastic from corn, soy, potatoes, and tapioca. Start-ups are
even exploring pig urine and carbon dioxide to make plastics.
Bioplastics could make up … Read more