"A plastic plant isn't much interest to a minnow, but a zebrafish will spawn over one, " says Dr. Paull.

WSJ: Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Zebrafish Do It��Just Too Little

The use of cellulose and cardanol, both plant resources, as the plastic's primary components produces a plastic that features a high plant component ratio of more than 70%.

ENGADGET: NEC builds a better bioplastic from plant stems and cashew nut shells

The workers, who molded and packed plastic containers in a plant owned by Pactiv, a subsidiary of Reynolds Group Holdings, based in Lincolnshire, Ill.

FORBES: Plastic Workers Raise Grievances Against Reynolds

In New Zealand Scion Research works to convert the waste stream from pulp and paper processing into a blend of microbial cell wall debris and plastic called polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA. Plant a PHA flower pot into the ground and and it biodegrades.

FORBES: Revving Up Nature's Engines

The faster a plant can identify and sort its plastic, the more money it should make giving it a much better chance of operating in the black.

ECONOMIST: Recycling

Kris Hedstrom, the director of CHEP's Innovation Center, which adjoins the plant, is wearing earplugs, protective glasses and hard plastic shoe covers over his toes.

FORBES: Beast of Burden

We envisage a typical large-scale plant having an average capacity of 10, 000 tonnes of plastic waste per year.

FORBES: Written by Matt Hickman

They're sent to Texas or to a contract plant in China for reprogramming, cleaning, a new keypad or a new plastic case.

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