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A new edible and biodegradable material, made of fishing waste and algae, was designed by the 2019 James Dyson Award winner for design, Hillenbrand completes nearly $2 billion Milacron acquisition and get your plastic toy fix on a new season of Netflix’s “The Toys That Made Us.”

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