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Japanese Fujitsu Limited announced in January that they have jointly developed the world‘‘s first large personal computer cases made of environmentally friendly bioplastics. Japan for Sustainability reports that the plastic is used in Fujitsu‘‘s spring 2005 model FMV-BIBLO NB80K notebook computers. The material contains polylactic acid and is a bioplastic …
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