Over 300 million tons of plastic is produced annually, and only about 3 percent of it gets recycled. The rest is simply trashed, taking centuries to degrade, or left adrift in the ocean. An estimated ...

SEATTLE — New bioplastics that degrade in the same time frame as a banana peel have been developed at the University of Washington (UW). Researchers used heat and pressure to make bioplastics from ...

Plastic is infamous for its ability to persist in the environment for many years, and while alternatives made from biomass may well address this issue, they don't always offer the same performance ...

Motivated by our growing problem with plastics, which are environmentally damaging both to produce and after they're disposed of, scientists are tinkering away with more eco-friendly forms of the ...

From alternative fuels to soy-foam seats, carmakers are chipping away at the carbon trail their vehicles leave behind. To make their cars even more green, soon they could incorporate car parts that ...

Many high-end lamps with thin elegant forms are made of metal. But a new lighting series from the London-based design studio Industrial Facility is composed of a bioplastic derived from castor oil.

The race is on to find practical substitutes for the petroleum-based plastics our societies have become so dependent on, and materials scientists from Rice University have a new lead. Their ...

Regular, petroleum-based plastic doesn’t biodegrade. But this year’s crop of Earth Day — inspired ads shows plant-based plastics doing just that: an empty SunChips bag fading into the soil, a Paper ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global bioplastic packaging market is expected to post a CAGR of over 18% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. Factors ...

Selbyville, Delaware , Jan. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bioplastic Packaging Market was valued at USD 17.6 billion in 2024 and is projected to be worth USD 73.6 billion by the end of 2034, as per a ...

Hundreds of millions of plastic utensils end up in landfills every year, each with a design as bland as the food it once served. Engineers have concocted biodegradable plastics made from plants to ...