Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Plastic Inc., and Sony Corporation announced the joint development of the world's first IC credit card using a biobased polymer (PLA; Polylactic acid) as its primary material, and that the card has obtained permission of usage from MasterCard Worldwide.

Ensuring a sustainable supply of woody biomass for the state's first cellulosic ethanol plant is the goal of a research partnership between Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University, supported by Frontier Renewable Resources of Kinross, Mich.

Cotton Incorporated has launched the fourth COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.® denim drive, a call to action on eight college campuses across the country to donate denim and give it a “new life” by converting it into natural cotton fiber insulation.