Plants into Products: This university is using every use of a plant to make everyday products

Research to find new uses for trees, agricultural crops, and plants includes manufacturing many of the products we use every day. That is part of the mission for the University of Tennessee’s Center for Renewable Carbon at the Institute of Agriculture.

Charles Denney shows us innovation in science where new items are created from reusable materials.

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