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With the construction of two new manufacturing plants, the bioplastics market emerges. Daniel Grushkin reports.

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Figure 1: Plastic grass.

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  1. Anonymous. US Biobased Products Market Potential and Projections Through 2025 (US Department of Agriculture, February 2008). <http://www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/BiobasedReport2008.pdf>

  2. Shen, L., Haufe, J. & Patel, M.K. Product Overview and Market Projection of Emerging Bio-Based Plastics (PRO-BIP 2009) (European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence, Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 2009).

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Grushkin, D. Breaking the mold. Nat Biotechnol 29, 16–18 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1744

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