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A group of undergraduate students in engineering stream of Oregon State University has developed a Bio- polymer from alcohol which environmentally safe and degradable.

The Bio-polymer has been developed from the byproduct of alcohol industry such as wine industry and biodiesel industry.

This Bio-polymer product has been made from mixing tartaric acid and glycerin which has been recovered from the wine and biodisel industry respectively.

According to the University sources the Christen Glarborg, Patrick O'Connor, Heather Paris and Alana Warner-Tuhy have applied for a patent for their invention.

University has claimed this product is unique and can replace product like polyethylene and polystyrene foam from many plastics product.