Multiple research teams across the globe have developed biodegradable packaging materials built from plant fibers, producing ...

MIT researchers have identified how communities of ocean bacteria cooperate to decompose biodegradable plastics, a finding ...

Researchers developed a biodegradable sanitary pad using water hyacinth fibers and cotton, transforming an invasive aquatic ...

Plastic packaging fills up landfills – engineers are working on a bio-based alternative that could replace the kind shown ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

Eleftheria Roumeli, a materials science and engineering associate professor, highlighted three challenges in the use of ...

Swiss scientists have created a new plastic-like material that's flexible, biodegradable, and even edible. The secret? It's still alive. The material, which was created by a team from Empa in ...

In-situ observation combined with polarized light imaging describes how the biodegradable plastic deforms when scratched.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global biodegradable medical plastics market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 11% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by ...

Researchers in China have developed a new type of glass they claim is both biodegradable and biorecyclable, meaning it can break down and be reused in nature—the latest eco-friendly alternative to ...

Pickup is limited to organic biodegradable materials such as leaves, hedge trimmings, leafy plants, small sticks and twigs.