Wall Street Journal, the Mississippi plant in question is owned by a private company, the Steel Development Co.

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She once caught a customer-service representative leaning against a wall attempting to eavesdrop on her conversation with a plant manager.

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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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