Can plants edge out petroleum as raw material for textiles and plastics?
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 12:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Your next pair of spandex pants could be made out of corn—or, more precisely, from dextrose derived from corn. This option is part of a new wave, albeit a small one, of consumer goods that are being produced from plants rather than petroleum-based materials. But a complete transition to a biobased economy won't be easy, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.