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People & Business :: Green Issues

November 24, 2008

Metabolix Goes Commercial

Prepares for Biodegradable Plastic Launch in Spring

Nancy Seewald

Biotechnology firm Metabolix (Cambridge, MA) is nearing the finish line in what has been a more than 10-year endeavor to commercialize polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a family of biobased, biodegradable polymers that are chemically related to polyester...

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