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Material Provided for News Articles

  1. Misty Krane. “Study shows potential for Earth-friendly plastic replacement,” OSU press release, April 9, 2019. https://news.osu.edu/study-shows-potential-for-earth-friendly-plastic-replacement/
  2. Sophie Hirsh, “New Bioplastic-Rubber Blended Material Could Be the Plastic Packaging Alternative the Earth Needs”, GreenMatters, April, 2019. https://www.greenmatters.com/p/new-plastic-material-ohio-state.
  3. Amit Malewar, “The study is likely to replace earth-friendly plastic,” Techexplorist, April, 9, 2019. https://www.techexplorist.com/study-likely-replace-earth-friendly-plastic/22152/
  4. Alexandru Micu, “New research produces a viable, biodegradable alternative to plastic”, ZME Science, April 9, 2019. https://www.zmescience.com/science/plastic-rubber-alternative-blend-24264732/
  5. Janet R. Aguilar, “Research: New biodegradable “plastic: is tough, flexible,” The Daily News, April 10, 2019. https://www.tunisiesoir.com/science/research-new-biodegradable-plastic-is-tough-flexible-15242-2019/
  6. Ohio State researchers develop biodegradable plastic. WOSU, April 10, 2019. https://radio.wosu.org/post/ohio-state-researchers-develop-biodegradable-plastic
  7. Laxmi Haigh “An earth-friendly plastic replacement? Study shows potential for a biodegradable plastic with both sturdy and flexible traits,” Packaging Insights. April 16, 2019. https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/an-earth-friendly-plastic-replacement.html
  8. Rachel Penton “Ohio State developed ‘bioplastic’ that can replace grocery bags, food containers,” ABC 6, Fox28 April 30, 2019. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-state-has-developed-a-bioplastic-that-can-replace-grocery-bags-food-containers
  9. Ashton Nichols “Ohio State researchers’ biodegradable plastic alternative being honed for marketplace,” June 13, 2019. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190613/ohio-state-researchers-biodegradable-plastic-alternative-being-honed-for-marketplace