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Archive for August 4th, 2008

From plant to plastic

Monday, August 4th, 2008

As petroleum based plastics become more expensive to produce, industry is turning to bio-based materials — made from corn and wheat. But these products have environmental drawbacks of their own. The first “green” business to set-up shop in the University City Science Center hopes to solve some of those problems. From WHYY’s health and science [...]

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