1. Environmental Protection: Disposable Biodegradable Tableware is made from natural materials such as cornstarch, sugarcane fiber, or bamboo, which can decompose naturally. This reduces the burden of ...
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The Earth is covered in plastic—and we keep making more of it. Caitlin Saks and Arlo Pérez Esquivel join chemist Malika Jeffries-EL in her Boston University lab to explore just what it takes to break ...
Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles—a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional plastics ...
In a landfill, a plastic bottle can take more than a thousand years to break down. But a new process can transform polyethylene plastic in days, using bacteria to eat the waste and then turn it into a ...
Biodegradable plastics are not always safer for rivers and oceans, according to a new study that tracked how different ...
Bioplastics can help companies reduce their carbon footprint but they need more work to become competitive with fossil fuel-based polymers. Those were some of the conclusions of speakers on the May 17 ...
It’s no longer a secret that single-use plastic is harming the planet. Not only does the process of creating these materials emit enormous amounts of planet-warming gases, but they also can take ...
Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic materials made from polymers, which are long chains of molecules typically derived from petroleum, natural gas, or other organic sources. Plastics are ...