Image Number D1503-21

Using an injection molder at the Environmental Management and Byproduct Utilization Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, polymer chemist Masud Huda (background), chemist Walter Schmidt (center), and Marc Teffeau, director of research for the Washington, D.C.-based Horticultural Research Institute, produce biodegradable flowerpots from chicken feathers.

Photo by Stephen Ausmus.

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