Del Monte is currently researching bio-degradable alternatives to the existing plastics used and plans to introduce them as soon as their feasibility is validated.

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Because the bags are not bio-degradable it is a fair bet that some of them pre-date the Republic of Ireland's plastic bags tax, introduced 11 years ago.

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These organ regeneration projects use three-dimensional printers to print out a bio degradable scaffold and then populate it with stem cells.

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