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Warner-Lambert's Novon Products Group opened a production facility for biodegradable biodegradable /bio·de·grad·a·ble/ (-de-grad´ah-b'l) susceptible of degradation by biological processes, as by bacterial or other enzymatic action.

bi·o·de·grad·a·ble
adj.
 polymers in Rockford Rockford, industrial city (1990 pop. 139,426), seat of Winnebago co., N Ill., on the Rock River near the Wis. line; inc. 1839 with the merger of two settlements on opposite sides of the river. , IL. It will manufacture a family of specialty polymers that are fully degradable de·grad·a·ble  
adj.
That can be chemically degraded: degradable plastic wastes.



de·grad
 in biologically active environments. The production site will have a 100 million pounds annual capacity.
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Title Annotation:Novon Products Group opens Rockford, Illinois, biodegradable polymers plant
Publication:Rubber World
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Mar 1, 1992
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