“Even metal and stucco buildings can have enough cellulose within the ... Don’t allow foam board insulation to contact the ground because termites can tunnel through it into a structure.

But plant-based ‘bioplastics’ are not new. The first man-made plastic was made in 1862 using cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, pre-dating the petroleum-based plastics that ...

Cellulose Blow-in cellulose insulation has been around since the 1920s and consists predominantly of recovered or recycled newsprint and/or corrugated cardboard, treated with a fire retardant.