odemagazine.com: The new age of biodegradable, petroleum-free plastic cups, plates and cutlery.

When architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart published the groundbreaking 2002 book Cradle to Cradle, which called for achieving environmental sustainability through cutting-edge science and design, they couldn’t have predicted that multinationals like Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola would subscribe to the philosophy. Nor could they have known that only half a dozen years after their book appeared, biodegradable, petroleum-free plas­tic­­­­ would help their idea come of age. [ read more ]