Plastic pollution is a problem, and scientists have been searching for biodegradable options for years. But this novel ...

The research is the first to project the environmental impact of biodegradable plastics through their entire lifecycle at a global scale ...

Old trees are learning new tricks with the advent of composite materials. A "green composite" made from biodegradable ...

More trial-and-error helped the team uncover the organic salt choline chloride, a government-approved food additive. The ...

Q: Can that plastic spoon really return to nature? A: On the face of it, biodegradable plastic is a miracle. It looks like plastic and works much like plastic. And it goes back to nature after you ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global biodegradable medical plastics market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 11% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by ...

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 ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region ...

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 ...

Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

The Earth is covered in plastic—and we keep making more of it. Caitlin Saks and Arlo Pérez Esquivel join chemist Malika Jeffries-EL in her Boston University lab to explore just what it takes to break ...