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Crops Into Plastics

Published Saturday, July 01, 2006

Less than 200 years ago, our economy was based on carbohydrates. Plants were the primary raw material in the production of dyes, chemicals, paints, inks, solvents, construction materials and even energy. Furthermore, cotton and wood pulp provided the world's first plastics. By the mid-20th century, the carbohydrate economy had virtually disappeared, a victim of low crude oil prices and advances in manufacturing inexpensive plastics and other products from crude oil. Today, that economy is re-emerging. Three mutually reinforcing trends make a significant market for bioproducts (products made from plants) possible: technology; political factors, including the environmental movement and ...

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