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Earth Vision Bio uses patented technology to produce SuStar Sustainable Starch™, a transformational, earth-friendly, lower cost replacement for plastics and Polystyrene. Our technology mechanically realigns the molecular structure of starch making it both strong and flexible without the use of petroleum-based polyolefin. Polyolefin is a binding agent required in all manufacturing of sustainable products today and adds cost and toxins, and is not biodegradableThis means, a straw can be manufactured to decompose completely, within 10 days of disposal. A fork can decompose in 4 months or a car bumper, not at all. Our products simply turn back to starch when decomp is complete.SuStar™ utilizes waste food starch as its principal raw material, which is one of the world's most abundant biomass products in nature (Schwartz & Whisler, 2009). These starches can be produced from leaves, roots, seeds, and stems and are so abundant that excesses are often land filled at tremendous cost. Commercial starches are extracted primarily from cereal grains such as corn (82%), wheat (8%), and tuber crops such as potatoes (5%) (LeCorre, Bras & Dufresne, 2010). Other starches include rice, sorghum and hemp, also available to us.Consumers are becoming far more aware of the dangers of plastic in our environment and are conscious of the sea life that are being killed as a result of plastics ending up in the oceans around the world. In fact, more than 1.5M precious creatures lives are lost annually. SuStar products may not stop the flow into the oceans, but if they do get there, no harm will come to the wildlife. Changing the world of plastics and change the world for good!