Cool fact about Cellophane.

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Originally Posted by shilala

I just watched a corn show on History HD. They make all kinds of plastic stuff out of corn. I did not know that, either.
Most notably are those clear plastic boxes you get at the salad bar at the grocery store, but they make shoes and all kindsa stuff out of corn plastic.
The stuff biodegrades in a couple months. You can compost it.
Costs about the same to make, but the carbon footprint is like 65% less than making plastic from oil.
Go figure.

Look up some information about George Washington Carver working with Henry Ford in experiments with making various car parts out of, of all things, soybeans. You'll be surprised.