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Note 13 - Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	13.        RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS During fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017, the Company made consulting payments of $144,000 and $137,666, respectively, to Bioplastic Polymers LLC, an entity owned by Ramani Narayan, Ph.D., a director of the Company, and paid royalties of $0 and $10,136, respectively, based on net sales of the Company’s bioplastics products.

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The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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