Plastic alternative bioplastic, made from vegetable oils, fats, fish scales, farm waste or other renewables, embraced by furniture designers

• A growing number of furniture and homeware designers are experimenting with bioplastic, a greener alternative made from renewable sources
• Vegetable fats and oils, corn or potato starch, algae, shrimp shells and other biomass are used to make a plastic-like material used in a variety of designs