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.

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"Mostly, it's a historical research tool, " said Travis, lowering his voice as if to slip this data into the conversation stream without any of us fully processing it.

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Paper.li originally aimed to solve the problem of processing the never-ending stream of links posted on Twitter, letting you customize the content with hashtags and Twitter users whose links you like the most.

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They reside on a PC and use its processing horsepower but also continually refresh with data from an online stream.

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