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.

USC biomedical engineers have developed a novel, ocean-safe biocompatible material that eliminates the risk of microplastic ...

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 ...

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.

The ‘biodegradable’ product that can be terrible for the environment - Experts say the assumption that non-plastics are ...

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%.

Since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago, global production of face masks has rocketed to 129 billion a month from just an estimated 8 billion in all of 2019. While they’ve helped ...

However, traditional plastics are typically made from fossil fuels, and therefore contribute to the ongoing climate crisis. According to a UN Environment Program (UNEP) report, fossil fuel-based ...

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 ...

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