Plastics from plants, not petroleum
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Issues such as recyclability of the biodegradable, compostable plastics, their life cycle analyses, acceptance of the retailer and the outlook of the industry, are examined. The ecoproblems caused by petrochemical-based plastics are easily solved by the production and use of bioplastics.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2006
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Meat processor moves to anaerobic digestion
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JBS Swift will fix digesters at its meat processing unit in Nebraska to treat the manure and by-products from slaughtering. The biogas produced is likely to minimize the consumption of natural gas by almost 25 %.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2008
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Financing an anaerobic digester
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The article presents the financing an anaerobic digester to process farm manure discussing the benefits of the process.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 2007
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