Plastic technology is changing all the time, with new claims to miracle plastics popping up often, so who knows- someone might have found a workable solution yesterday. Unfortunately, that’s usually not the case, and I’ve gotten excited many a time about this stuff without really understanding what was going on. Here’s a good article on corn plastic; here’s one on bio-degradable plastic. Learn more about the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone with this fun little site and realize just how connected everything is- that Mississippi River is a major waterway!