Mohini Sain sees the car of the future made up of durable bumpers from renewable resources. The forestry and chemical engineering professor has pioneered the use of renewable raw materials, such as soybean oils, potato starch, wood and agro-fibre, instead of plastic in automobile parts, office furniture, sports equipment and ultimately medical devices. His spin-off company Greencore is working with a manufacturing company to further research manufacturing plant trials. Sain says that these green materials represent an important step towards reducing petrochemical-based material consumption and living in a bio-based economy.