With roughly 440,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into South Africa’s environment every year, plant-based packaging is often ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

NEW DELHI, Sept 24: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra ...

Study finds paper straws perform worse than plastic on key environmental measures in South Korea, amid debate over disposable ...