Plastic pollution is a major threat to human survival, with more than six hundred thousand tons of plastics on Earth. 2 In an effort to reduce the concentration of conventional plastics, scientists ...

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 ...

Binghamton PhD student Tianzheng Liu, left, and Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Sha Jin have developed a method to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic. According to the U.S.

Research in the areas of plastics, polymers, and biodegradable materials ranges from additive manufacturing to food packaging. This work focuses on the development and characterization of sustainable ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Apr 29, 2024 at 12:00 pm April 30, 2024 at 9:34 am ...

Old trees are learning new tricks with the advent of composite materials. A "green composite" made from biodegradable polymers and the waste bark of the Yakushima Jisugi tree was developed by a ...

GARDEN CITY, ID, UNITED STATES, March 25, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Plastic materials similar to the types we use today, such as celluloid, PVC, and bakelite, were ...

In agricultural production, microplastics have become environmental pollutants that cannot be ignored. They may not only enter the food chain through the soil-plant system, threatening food safety, ...

This product is a solution to the environment protection for composite materials. It is also non-toxic and harmless to the human body. This has filled a blank in biodegradable resin and PBS products ...

This project is one of the Zhejiang Provincial Key Science & Technology Projects. It is a result of cooperation between Zhejiang Forestry Research Institute and other companies in Zhejiang province.