Researchers combined milk protein, starch, and volcanic clay to create a biodegradable packaging film that degrades in 13 ...

Should all certified biobased plastics be counted as compostable? The answer depends on who is asked. The National Organic ...

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Biodegradable mulch films are widely promoted as a sustainable alternative to conventional agricultural plastics, yet their ...

Plastic pollution is one of the most defining environmental challenges of our time. Despite efforts to recycle or responsibly dispose of plastic, vast garbage patches in the oceans continue to grow, ...

The world has a big plastic problem that it's yet to fix. We're trying to reduce our reliance on plastic, but that's seemingly impossible in modern society. The material is too important for our daily ...

Plastic pollution is a major threat to human survival, with more than six hundred thousand tons of plastics on Earth. 2 In an effort to reduce the concentration of conventional plastics, scientists ...

Biodegradable plastics may not be the solution to plastic pollution many hoped for, with a University of Otago study showing they are still harmful to fish. Petroleum-derived microplastics are known ...

Researchers overcame the tradeoff between plastic toughness and degradability by developing plastics with movable crosslinks. The crosslinks both increased toughness by over eight times and increased ...

Researchers at Michigan State University say they've developed a new biodegradable plastic alternative that's easier to compost. The team created a bio-based polymer blend that’s compostable in both ...

Biodegradable plastics may not be the solution to plastic pollution many hoped for, with a new study showing they are still harmful to fish. Biodegradable plastics may not be the solution to plastic ...

Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Portsmouth Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million ...