Tackling trying to effect a way of chnaginghow plastics are made, Zila Works has developed a patent pending, predominantly BPA-free, epoxy resin made from industrial hemp oil. Utilization of such a product has numerous positive impactes: Industrial hemp produces benefits for the farmers who grow it, such as soil aeration and protection from wind erosion. Additionally. resin made from hemp reduces health risks for the manufacturing workers who handle it, and decreases the toxins that consumers have been exposed to for years. With the Zela product being made from a carbon sequestering, renewable resource, a further definable benefit of its use could be a factor in slowing climate change by sequestering approximately one pound of CO2 for every gallon produced. The firm's principals are currently in the R&D phase validating that all of its other characteristics meet or exceed that of a typical epoxy resin with completion the prototype anticipated.
