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3. From cotton candy to popcorn
From cotton candy to popcorn

The centrifuged material, which is light and fluffy, is sent in trash bags to Lucent Polymers in Evansville, Ind. All of it--even the bags--goes into a vat for densification. It is melted down, chopped up, and emerges looking like popcorn.



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Last updated April 12 2011: 6:21 AM ET
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