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In an effort to make plastics more environmentally friendly, a group of researchers at the University of Florida has found a way to make plastics from yard waste. Traditional plastics are made from oil and recently some companies have been making plastic out of food products — like cane sugar and corn starch. If this new yard waste plastic product were to become feasible on a large scale we could all see our grass clippings carted away by some company, only to return to us as the receptacle holding our organic yogurt. Oh the excitement of closed-loop systems!