Corn-based plastics the next ethanol?

Ethanol revolutionized corn demand.  And the Minnesota Corn Growers believe corn-based plastics could have a similar impact. MCGA president Brian Thalmann says the Association recently invested more than $450,000 towards research conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Polymers to develop the next generation of bio-plastics. “The world use of petroleum-based plastics is …

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