The environmental benefit of this technology goes beyond developing a more biodegradable plastic.

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Cargill's NatureWorks division deploys bacteria to turn corn into a biodegradable plastic for water bottles, clothing and food packaging.

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Biodegradable plastic is then poured into the mould to make enough slices that can be sandwiched together using pressure and heat, to create a scaffold for a whole liver.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A water company that puts all of its profits into clean water projects in developing countries has created an environmentally friendly bottle out of biodegradable plastic.

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Symphony Plastics have been supplying oxo-biodegradable plastic bags to Co-operative supermarkets in the UK for five years, and the UK's Periodical Publishers Association recommends that their members use their products.

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The Poo Project, since renamed the Snow White Facility, provides walkers with biodegradable bags and plastic containers to keep them in.

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Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at MIT, is a founder of the budding field of tissue engineering--of restoring, maintaining and improving tissue by growing it, in vitro, on a biodegradable polymer (plastic) scaffold.

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New bioplastics, like PHA from Metabolix, looks, feels and acts like plastic, but is marine biodegradable.

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This is done by encasing them in a thin film of biodegradable material, such as a special plastic.

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

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"What is worrying is the ever-increasing amount of plastic found on beaches, which is biodegradable and which presents huge problems for bird and marine life, " said Ms Bell.

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But Mr. Valdespino says Secure Wrap's film is made of 30% recycled plastic, and he says the company is working on adding a "biodegradable" feature.

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