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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:45:36 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Latest "Green" Packing Material? Mushrooms!
Latest "Green" Packing Material? Mushrooms!
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:41:00 -0500
A new packing material that grows itself is now appearing in shipped products across the country.
The composite of inedible agricultural waste and mushroom roots is called Mycobond™, and its manufacture requires just one eighth the energy and one tenth the carbon dioxide of traditional foam packing material.
And unlike most foam substitutes, when no longer useful, it makes great compost in the garden.
The technology was the brainchild of two former Rensselaer ...
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