WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for bio-optimized technologies to keep thermoplastics out of landfills and the environment. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and stat  more