Biodegradable plastics are usually sought after for their ability to break down quickly. However, this does not tell us how ...

Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working on a new way to tackle plastic pollution — using bacteria ...

Swiss scientists have created a new plastic-like material that's flexible, biodegradable, and even edible. The secret? It's still alive. The material, which was created by a team from Empa in ...

That trait, which makes a coffee lid or a fishing float so useful, also turns plastic into a long-term guest in places it was never invited. Unrecovered fragments collect across ecosystems, and they ...

Green Science Alliance developed plant biomass based biodegradable mulch film for agriculture. This product can be purchased ...

Pollution affects human health and the environment in many ways. Air, water, and land pollution continue to damage ecosystems, with conventional materials—especially plastics—being a primary ...

The good news: Compostable packaging does actually turn to compost just like your food scraps do, which is way gentler on the ...

We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries. One of the researchers behind that last doozy, Dr.

Fungi are considered a promising source of biodegradable materials. Researchers have developed a new material based on a fungal mycelium and its own extracellular matrix. This gives the biomaterial ...

CJ CheilJedang, the main food and biotechnology arm of CJ Group, has successfully produced garbage bags made from PHA, a ...

GEORGE TOWN, April 27 — Penang is on track to implement a full ban on single-use plastics from September 1 while ...