Tom's Maine, kampani yotsogola yopanga zinthu zachilengedwe yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri pakamwa komanso kusamalira anthu, ikuyang'ana kuchepetsa kutaya kwa moyo kuchokera ku mankhwala mochulukira poyesera mapaketi osokedwa ndi tizilombo omwe amapangidwa ndi wowuma mbatata.
Kudzera mu mgwirizano ndi University of Maine Orono ndi Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine, mtundu wazinthu zosamalira anthu mwachilengedwe ukuphunzira kutenganso zinyalala zakomweko ndikuzigwiritsa ntchito kupanga polylactic acid (PLA), utomoni wa pulasitiki wosungunuka.
"[Lingaliro] silimachokera, palibe chilango chomwe chimafunidwa, komwe tidachokera ku Maine," atero a Pam Scheeler, oyang'anira madandaulo a Tom's of Maine, omwe ndi akatswiri pa sayansi yamagetsi. "Pali mbewu zambiri za mbatata… komanso zinyalala zambiri zochokera ku mbatata."
PLA idzadalira mbatata zomwe sizili za GMO zomwe sizingafanane ndi chakudya, kutanthauza kuti nthawi zambiri amakaponyedwa m'zinyalala mukakolola, malinga ndi kampaniyo.
Popeza mbatata ndizofunika kwambiri pamakampani azolimo a Maine $ 1.2 biliyoni pachaka, kusankha wowuma wa mbatata ngati chodyetsa ndizomveka, Scheeler adalongosola. Koma ofufuza ku yunivesite adati njira yomweyi itha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito kutenganso zinyalala zosiyanasiyana.