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Turning greenhouse gases into mobile phone cases

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US telecommunications firm Sprint has just announced that it will launch an iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s case using a new eco-plastic. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Forget old-style alchemy. A California-based tech company has come up with something far cooler than just turning dull metal into shiny metal. Using a proprietary 'biocatalyst' machine, Newlight Technologies has devised a way of taking greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and turning it into plastic pellets.
The AirCarbon technology promises not only to reduce the use of petroleum in plastic manufacturing, but to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at the same time. The net result could be a "whole new paradigm for how plastics impact the world", says Mark Herrema, Newlight's co-founder and chief executive.
"We harness carbon from greenhouse gas and use it as a resource to make materials that are as strong as oil-based plastics but less expensive", he adds.
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