Bio-Plastics Could Replace Up to 90% of Plastics, But Not in Short Term

Bio-Plastics Could Replace Up to 90% of Plastics, But Not in Short Term:

270 Million Tons of Plastics in 2007
Bioplastics are certainly not a panacea - they have their problems - but if we are to someday move to a world free of fossil fuels (by choice or by necessity), we'll need something to make plastics. Researchers from Utrecht University conducted a study that was commissioned by the associations European Bioplastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE), and their findings were pretty interesting....Read the full story on TreeHugger

A solid step in the right direction.