Eco-packing may free up landfills – news bulletins

By Berni | November 20, 2012

Eco-packaging may free up landfills

Engineers in the United States have developed an organic packaging material they hope will one day replace polystyrene to protect packages and the environment. Karen Hendren reports.

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  1. Which phrase is used by the reporter to describe the final result of this project?
  2. Who developed the product?
  3. What is the product called?
  4. How can it be used in the garden?
  5. What do mushroom roots make along the earth floor?
  6. How do these roots act?
  7. How does Evan describe taking the natural glue and using it instead of petroleum glue?
  8. What three properties did the intertwined weave have?
  9. How did they use this model?
  10. How did these new products compare with their synthetic counterparts?
  11. What makes the product kind on the environment?
  12. How much energy and CO2 is saved in production?
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