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+-   Could 'liquid wood' replace plastic? -> on Saturday February 14 2009, @12:15AM Ostracus

Submitted by Ostracus on Saturday February 14 2009, @12:15AM
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Ostracus writes "Almost 40 years ago, American scientists took their first steps in a quest to break the world's dependence on plastics.

But in those four decades, plastic products have become so cheap and durable that not even the forces of nature seem able to stop them. A soupy expanse of plastic waste — too tough for bacteria to break down — now covers an estimated 1 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean.

Sensing a hazard, researchers started hunting for a substitute for plastic's main ingredient, petroleum. They wanted something renewable, biodegradable, and abundant enough to be inexpensive."
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