Plastic is still the biggest source of income for Discover.

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But what if we could make plastic from a recycled, natural, biodegradable source?

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Making PLA from petrochemicals, the leading source of the carbon that lies at the heart of plastic's makeup, is too costly and complicated.

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From a plastic jerry-can on the street, a less reliable source, it might go for 50 cents.

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The conclusion that more people appear to be coming to as the best choice for the future of plastic is one of two options: reuse or stop production at source.

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The baby was delivered in a plastic tub or pool in order to contain the afterbirth and amniotic fluid, the source said.

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Pollution also poses a threat: floating plastic bags look a lot like the jellyfish they rely on as their main food source, and have been found in the digestive systems of about half of the leatherbacks studied in recent times.

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For instance, a plastic bag discarded in the sea could be mistaken by a turtle for a jellyfish, their main source of food.

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