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Now that a British designer has designed and built furniture that is 100% biodegradable because is "plastic" components come from plant material, might there be any application in construction?

Roger Bateman teaches at Sheffield Hallam University in England's South Yorkshire region, and he teamed with a company that makes composite materials to come up with a material made from flax and a non-petroleum polymer called PLA that is derived from maize.

Bateman says the new approach offers more options, including composting, for furniture that is no longer wanted or useful.

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He then started designing furniture products that use the material as structural, lightweight panel components that replace less environmentally-friendly, human-made boards, such as MDF or chipboard. ...