Maize is the new green: Corn could replace oil for plastics

Refined corn sugar converted to polylactide pellets pressed into packaging, dinner ware

Phil Rooney

Associated Press Writer

If America wants to reduce its consumption of oil and the buildup of slow-degrading plastic in landfills, one answer is softly swaying in the wind on farms across the country. Some of the nation's abundant corn is already being converted into environmentally friendly plastics and fibers for use in....

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