Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million tonnes of plastic enters the environment each year, with more than 10 million tonnes ...

New research looked at commonly available teabags made using three different compositions of polylactic acid (PLA), which is derived from sources such as corn starch or sugar cane. The teabags were ...

Polylactic acid (PLA) has emerged as a leading biopolymer owing to its renewable origin, tunable properties and biodegradability. Synthesised via the fermentation of carbohydrate feedstocks—typically ...

Green Science Alliance developed plant biomass based biodegradable mulch film for agriculture. This product can be purchased at company shopping website as follows.

It's one thing to make bio-based plastics, that is, plastics made from biological materials. It's quite another to make new bioplastics that are also biodegradable -- especially those that biodegrade ...

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 ...

CHICAGO & SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LG Chem (KRX: 051910), a leading global diversified chemical company, and ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in nutrition and biosolutions, announced today ...

You care about the planet, and would like to avoid bottles and other goods made of single-use plastic. But it’s complicated. Choosing products with packaging that claims to be “biodegradable” or ...

A pinch of polymer-munching enzymes could make biodegradable plastic packaging and forks truly compostable. With moderate heat, enzyme-laced films of the plastic disintegrated in standard compost or ...

Researchers in Singapore from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have found ...