biobased Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:50:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Strange Bedfellows: USDA and Automotive Industry Pair to Develop Biobased Automobile Parts https://www.greenoptimistic.com/strange-bedfellows-usda-and-automotive-industry-pair-to-develop-biobased-automobile-parts-20121218/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/strange-bedfellows-usda-and-automotive-industry-pair-to-develop-biobased-automobile-parts-20121218/#respond Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:50:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29980 Recently, a $10 million bioproduct and biofuel research project aimed to change the automotive industry was begun by the US Department of Agriculture. While seemingly strange bedfellows, the USDA actively tries to help the agriculture industry develop new markets, and the automobile industry is using more bioplastics and biobased materials. The ultimate goal of the […]

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