#Sustainable Materials

Scientists Want to Turn Ordinary Grass Into Car Parts, Packaging and an Entire New Industry

A newly funded U.S. initiative plans to grow perennial grasses on underused farmland, break the plants into useful chemical building blocks and manufacture products for cars, buildings and packaging. BRIDGES has received an initial $15 million and could receive up to $160 million—but its promised industrial scale and economic impact remain targets, not proven outcomes.