An India-based company has unveiled a fully biodegradable, plant-based plastic alternative that could revolutionize the fight ...

Every minute, the world produces about 1 million plastic bottles, and a staggering 91% of plastic waste is never recycled.

Packaging is the largest generator of single-use plastic waste across the globe, including food and drink containers, according to the United Nations' Environment Programme. Plastic pollution can ...

Plastics in the garden weather over time into microplastics. Those who want to garden sustainably will find numerous alternatives, many of which can even be made at home. Tips and tricks for ...

Sustainable production and degradation of plastics using microbes. Nature Microbiology, 2023; 8 (12): 2253 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01529-1 ...

Revolutionary new plastic eats itself to biodegrade in landfills By Joshua Hawkins Published May 1st, 2024 4:08PM EDT Image: vladimirzuev/Adobe ...

A new eco-friendly plastic called LAHB has shown it can biodegrade even in the extreme environment of the deep ocean, unlike ...

Plastic is a material that, without exaggeration, has radically changed our planet. Convenient and cheap, once a helper, it ...

Solutions including “bioplastic” and “biodegradable” plastics have been proposed and often marketed to consumers as such. One of the possible remedies is the use of additives in plastics, which help ...

In a striking paradox, the fossil fuels we extract today exist because fungi once lacked these abilities. Now, fungi are emerging as the very organisms that can consume plastics and remediate oil ...