Corn Plastic

[rafterbr]

I recently had a soft drink at the Chickasaw Cultural Center and the cup was corn plastic.  The cup was very sturdy and marked to be biodegradable.  I did a little research and found corn plastic has been developed to do virtually everything regular plastic is used for.  It uses no oil and is biodegradable in a few months.  Almost no greenhouse emissions are made when it is manufactured and when burned does not emit toxic emissions.  This would appear to solve the plastic problem.  Don't know about cost and how soon Mexico might have it as it requires a genetically altered corn.  

[ComputerGuy]

The Reporter has done several stories over the past few years, including this week's edition, of young entrepreneurs and others who have invented incredible ways of making biodegradeable products, like cactus juice. Corn is, as you probably know, way over-farmed for things it was never intended, like auto fuel and syrups for every damn kind of packaged food available. Things like the hyacinth in our own lake and this type of cactus plant are probably never going to run out.