According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to ...

Plastics are one of the largest sources of pollution on Earth, lasting for years on land or in water. But a new type of ...

USC biomedical engineers have developed a novel, ocean-safe biocompatible material that eliminates the risk of microplastic pollution. Plastic pollution continues to pose a major threat to marine ...

Q: Can that plastic spoon really return to nature? On the face of it, biodegradable plastic is a miracle. It looks like plastic and works much like plastic.

On Earth Day 2025, Arkansas researchers are calling attention to the growing plastic pollution crisis and urging a multi-tiered approach to reduce the environmental and health risks tied to single ...

Biodegradable plastics still damaging to fish Date: October 19, 2023 Source: University of Otago Summary: Biodegradable plastics may not be the solution to plastic pollution many hoped for, with a ...

A cleaning-products company and anti-plastics groups are asking the EPA to assess the safety of polyvinyl alcohol, which encases detergent pods November 15, 2022 More than 2 years ago 7 min Summary ...

Biodegradable vs. degradable. Degradable plastic bags have a lot of chemicals and heavy metals in them. This can cause problems when the plastic starts to break down because the chemical and ...

Danimer Scientific, the firm responsible for those applications, puts the addressable PHA market at 230 million metric tons (t) per year—more than half the world’s plastic demand.

But both recycling and biopolymers face obstacles. Despite years of effort, the plastics recycling rate in the US, for instance, is still less than 10%.

Biodegradable plastic made from plants, not oil, is emerging By ABC News December 25, 2008, 4:48 PM ...