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University of Idaho Scientist Makes Plastic from Cow Manure

September 25, 2013 /

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Drive by a dairy and take a good whiff. Anyone in the industry will say "that’s the smell of money."

Idaho is home to more than a million dairy cows, and each cow produces 100 to 150 pounds of wet manure every day.

"That’s a lot of manure," said Erik Coats, University of Idaho associate professor of civil engineering.

Coats and his research group at the university have developed a way to generate a significant economic return from the dairy industry’s waste stream by converting manure into a biodegradable plastic.

By Mychel Matthews- [email protected]

Full Story: http://magicvalley.com/news/local/ui-scientist-makes-plastic-from-cow-manure/article_c60e6105-3284-529b-a172-b2f9081f9631.html

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