Billions of tons of plastic waste clutter our world. Most of it has accumulated on the ground and in the oceans or ...

One way to reduce the impact of plastic waste on the environment is to develop better ways to break it down. One such biodegradable plastic idea comes from a team of researchers at the Shenzhen ...

as most plastics are not biodegradable and can take hundreds to thousands of years to break down. Plastics can fragment into microplastics, contaminating soil, water, and air, posing risks to ...

Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing litter and pollution in the ocean, according to a new study ...

It sounds like one solution to the problems of plastic pollution. One British company that makes so-called "Oxo-biodegradable" bags said they break down in the environment "in the same way as a ...

Millions of tonnes of plastics are wasted globally every year. A massive increase in biodegradable plastic production in China is outpacing the country's ability to degrade the materials ...

In fact, the scientists were able to integrate the spores into non-biodegradable plastics such as polyethylene, then revive the spores back to a lipase-BC-secreting state by grinding up the plastic.

such as the low density polyethylene used extensively for plastic bags, are non-degradable, and this has led to an accelerated search for viable alternatives. Biodegradable polymer, such as crop-based ...

We hear the word 'biodegradable' a lot - from teabags to toiletries, many products are starting to go zero-waste to reduce plastic. But what does it actually mean? When something is ...

Research and development of plant-derived "biodegradable plastics" is underway to solve our problem of plastics accumulating in the environment. Polylactic acid, the most basic bioplastic material ...

Solutions to improve the recycling of existing plastics often cite compostable or other biodegradable plastics as contaminates. Conversely, plastics that can biodegrade in specific environments ...

Polylactic acid derived from the starch of corn, sugarcane, etc. is a type of biodegradable plastic that is already well known. Since polylactic acid is relatively hard and vulnerable to heat, however ...