Busy little recyclers: chemical process, microbial metabolism transform trash-bound plastics.
A two-step approach that converts a common plastic into a biodegradable polymer could cut the number of packing peanuts and Styrofoam cups that end up in landfills, researchers suggest. In 2003, U.S. manufacturers produced more than 2 million tons of polystyrene to make such items as food...

Biobased products.
Achieving greater energy security for the United States and the rest of the word means utilizing multiple approaches. In the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), giving greater visibility and relevance to biobased products has been an area of focus for many years. This effort was a major research...

A woody path to biodegradable plastics.
A woody path to biodegradable plastics For thousands of years, people have used vast amounts of wood for such low-tech applications as building their homes and fueling their fires. But wood scientists, who think of wood as "three-dimensional biopolymer composites," want to see this age-old, renewable and biodegradable...

Perf Go Green and United Hardware Ink Distribution Deal.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-25 November 2008-Perf Go Green and United Hardware Ink Distribution Deal(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Perf Go Green Holdings, a marketer and distributor of biodegradable plastics, announced a distribution partnership with United Hardware Distributing Company. A full-line wholesale hardware distributor, United services...

ECO2 Plastics, Inc. Receives Favorable FDA Opinion Letter Approving the Use of Its Recycled Plastic Flake in Food Packaging Applications.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ECO2 Plastics, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: EOPI) the eco-friendly recycling company that is changing the way plastics are recycled, today announced that it has received a favorable opinion letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which affirms the effectiveness of its proprietary...

ECO2 Plastics, Inc. Enters Long-Term Supply Agreement With Peninsula Packaging, LLC.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ECO2 Plastics, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: EOPI) , the eco-friendly recycling company that is changing the way plastics are recycled, today announced that it has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Peninsula Packaging, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Peninsula...

Histogram of intensity feature extraction for automatic plastic bottle recycling system using machine vision.
INTRODUCTION A recent study by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government of Malaysia on current recycling practices showed that plastics accounted for about 9.7% of household waste. In addition to that, the National Technical Committee on Management of Solid Waste was studying various proposals on the...

Cereplast to Supply Bioplastic Resin for WNA's New 'Green' Product Line.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-1 October 2008-Cereplast to Supply Bioplastic Resin for WNA's New 'Green' Product Line(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Cereplast, a manufacturer of proprietary bio-based, sustainable plastics, announced that it has started to supply compostable resin for a new line of environmentally friendly tableware developed by...

Corn-based resin used for plastic packaging. (Update June/2003).
Wilkinson Manufacturing Co. is the first manufacturer in North America to make a commercially thermoformed all-natural plastic container using a corn-based polylactide polymer, or PLA. This unique line of plastic packaging, called NaturesPLAstic[TM], is fully recyclable back to carbon dioxide and water when in a composting environment....

Inside our Green-Built Idea House: earth-friendly features you can use now.
Our next Idea House explores one of the fastest-growing trends in the West: green building. Using two side-by-side homes in Menlo Park, California, to demonstrate techniques and materials, the Green-Built Idea House will be a showcase for eco-savvy homeowners. While building green typically adds about 6 percent to the...