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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Embedding polymer-chomping enzymes in biodegradable plastic should accelerate decomposition. But that process often inadvertently forms potentially harmful microplastics, which are showing up in ...

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

Some consumers may think of “biodegradable” and “compostable” as interchangeable, but these materials can often end up in the waste stream just like conventional plastic items.

Biodegradable plastics are one potential option, but only if they are made from materials that are truly able to break down quickly in the natural environment. They would reduce the time in which ...

Lucky spectators at the 2022 Freret or Tucks parades could catch one of the rarest Carnival throws ever. At long last, biodegradable beads, containing plastic made from algae in an LSU laboratory ...