The PLA Story: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to Polylactic Acid Markets
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March 9, 2016
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As we look this week at markets for cellulosic sugars, this classic powerpoint that outlined the case and markets for biobased polylactic acid came to mind.
We’ll not debate whether PLA is really polyacid or a polyester. Bottom line, PLA is the subject of intense interest and NatureWorks has been running with it at commercial-scale for some time. READ MORE