'Bioplastics' seek market niche

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• Environmentalists are cautious in their support of "bioplastics"
  
• Bioplastics can cost three times more than conventional plastics
  
• Bioplastics' main benefit would be to reduce U.S. petroleum consumption
  
• Bioplastics also lack toxins like polyvinyl chloride
  
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