Every year, over 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced. About five percent of that ends up in rivers and eventually the ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

There’s one major hurdle with any degradable plastic material of course: what if it comes into contact with the catalyst for its destruction before you want it to? A plastic cup is no good if ...

Scientist have invented a new type of transparent wood that could one day replace harmful plastics in several applications.

Plastics are everywhere—from your phone case to the containers holding your food. They're cheap, light, and strong, which makes them incredibly useful. But their strength is also their downfall. Once ...

It turns out there’s no ... biodegradable and it costs less,” says Kistler. What Wal-Mart says about PLA’s biodegradable nature is true, but there’s an important catch. Corn plastic ...

In this new effort, the research team found that it could be used as the basis for creating a biodegradable plastic. The researchers noted that in the past, keratin extraction was used to create ...

Kevin Kumala has created a bag from cassava starch that is 100% biodegradable and even edible. To prove that the bag is totally natural he dissolved part of it in a lukewarm glass of water and ...

The industry is still debating what “biodegradable” actually ... composters accept only plastics that meet certain standards, ensuring they will leave no fragments behind that can harm the ...

A team of students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London has developed a method that turns lobster shells into biodegradable "plastic." Operating under the name The Shellworks ...

Research in the areas of plastics, polymers, and biodegradable materials ranges from additive manufacturing to food packaging. This work focuses on the development and characterization of sustainable ...