Green Science Alliance developed plant biomass based biodegradable mulch film for agriculture. This product can be purchased ...

Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working on a new way to tackle plastic pollution — using bacteria ...

Biodegradable plastics hold potential for reducing marine plastic pollution, but degrade too quickly, limiting their ...

Pooch Paper makes an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic dog poop bags. The biodegradable sheets are easy to use ...

Mexican company Biofase transforms avocado waste into biodegradable plastic that decomposes in 240 days, turning 300,000 tons ...

Rows of biodegradable mulch. Credit: Remsberg Inc. Do you want to hear about a strange journey of a single plastic film, as I have witnessed it, first as a child in rural Nepal, and now as a vegetable ...

Biodegradable plastics are usually sought after for their ability to break down quickly. However, this does not tell us how ...

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, ...

Plastic is an essential material in the modern world, but it's also environmentally costly to produce and a major pollutant. A material called pyridinedicarboxylic acid, or PDCA, could help address at ...

Scientists at the University of Maryland are using artificial intelligence to create a biodegradable plastic wrap that ...

Plastic is pretty awful. Despite being in many reusable containers, or just in disposable containers like water bottles, plastic as a material is one of the worst for the environment. In fact, we're ...

A woman sorts plastic recycling in China. Millions of tonnes of plastics are wasted globally every year. A massive increase in biodegradable plastic production in China is outpacing the country's ...