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

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

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 ...

Switching to biodegradable plastics could slash toxic pollution by more than a third and dramatically reduce global waste by ...

Swiss scientists have created a new plastic-like material that's flexible, biodegradable, and even edible. The secret? It's still alive. The material, which was created by a team from Empa in ...

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In a huge step in the fight against microplastics, researchers working at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) ...

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 ...

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 ...