Let the "clean revolution" begin!

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 August 2000-US ARS: Let the "clean revolution" begin! (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28082000 In the spirit of Earth Day, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been involved in a project that helps keep the environment clean by composting plates and bowls discarded at a Washington, D.C., cafeteria.

The plates and bowls are made of a new biodegradable composite material, called EarthShell Packaging, that is mostly limestone and starch. EarthShell Corp. of Baltimore, Md., has supplied the products for the project since Earth Day 1999, decreasing by 24 percent the amount of solid waste sent to landfills. Patricia Millner, a microbiologist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Md., composted the plates,...