Bio-based products are Gaining Momentum as a sustainable replacement for plastics. A San Diego-based company, Genomatica, has partnered with major retailers to produce bio-based products, including textiles and fuels. The bioeconomy is still small, but the push to turn successful research into manufactured products is growing. Several factors are driving this growth, including widespread disgust at the mounting environmental toll of plastic, a flood of funding, and new regulations governing waste streams. Bio-based products are increasingly profitable, and companies are starting to take the disclosure of their products' environmental information in official reporting more seriously.

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