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Bio-based plastics
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Bio-based plastics aim to capture carbon. But at what cost?

Growing crops to make plastic could theoretically reduce reliance on fossil fuels and even pull carbon out of the atmosphere, but at an enormous environmental cost.

Sawdust might be one answer to the world’s plastic problem
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Sawdust might be one answer to the world’s plastic problem

Beverage giants Pepsi, Danone and Nestle plan to sell water in recyclable plastic bottles made from lumber scraps.
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