Mexican researcher Sandra Pascoe Ortiz developed a non-toxic, fully biodegradable bioplastic derived from Nopal cactus juice ...

Extraordinary amounts of energy, water, and capital are put into food systems. However, anywhere from 30 to 40% of the food that is produced ends up in landfills in the United States. What if there ...

Mango Materials, a California-based company that creates biodegradable polymers for use in plastic products, has been scaling up and commercializing a biomanufacturing technology that utilizes methane ...

With roughly 440,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into South Africa’s environment every year, plant-based packaging is often championed as an eco-friendly cure-all. But as Council for Scientific and ...

Healthcare is awash in single-use plastics. In U.S. healthcare facilities alone, more than 2,800 tons of plastic packaging and products are thrown out every day. Few people are more aware of this than ...

The company says its new resin reduces the fossil content of plastic and can be recycled but biodegrades within months if it escapes into the natural environment. Symphony Environmental's new ...

A new material made from modified barley starch can completely decompose in nature—and do so within only two months, researchers report. The material is made using natural plant material from crops ...

A recent review in Processes presents various aspects of edible food packaging, focusing on single-use, fast-dissolving edible pouches. Plastic food packaging, typically non-biodegradable, is a ...

Office worker Ms. Jang, 30 years old, has been using straws labeled “biodegradable plastic straw” or “bioPE (polyethylene) ...

Conventional plastic straws had the smallest impact in 10 of the 16 categories, including climate change, acidification, ...