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Report: PLA not a 'green' panacea.(BUSINESS NEWS: Business * Trends * People)(Brief article)

Publication: Food & Drug Packaging
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Packaging made from corn-based plastic is not automatically more benign from an environmental standpoint than packaging made from conventional petroleum-based resins, according to a report recently released by a Canadian environmental institute.

The report, performed by Franklin and by at...

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...Associates released the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, looked several...

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