Sugar Beet Pulp Turned Into Biodegradable Food Packaging

Randall Weiseman April 24, 2013 Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Sugar

Sugar beets are converted to table sugar, but research may soon convert the beet waste product into biodegradable plastic.

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