Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. In 1950, the world produced just two million tonnes,” according to the website Our World in Data. That figure grew to over 450 million ...

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Scientists turned food waste into natural plastic films using bacteria that make biodegradable packaging material.

Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental issues today, but a German biotech startup, Biophelion, has developed a ...

Recently, researchers from Yale University may have made a dent in that inefficiency. They successfully tested a novel way to ...

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have patented a technology designed to capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) from industrial ...

Every cup of coffee you drink could be purifying the air soon. Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed a ...

Materials scientists are cooking up environmentally friendly polymers from natural sources like silk, plant fibers and whole algae. Economics and acceptance remain hurdles. By Boyce Upholt / Knowable ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

The process depends on co-pyrolysis — a controlled heating process — of the spent coffee grounds and PET plastic waste, conducted at an eco-friendly temperature of 600°C. Potassium hydroxide serves as ...

Plastic Energy has commercialised 'char', a byproduct of its chemical recycling process, with its production reportedly ...

The next steps in the plastics treaty remain unclear but some countries who favor a bolder deal are talking like they want to ...