Nylon, the durable and elastic material, is like other plastics made from chemicals found in fossil fuels. Biodegradable plastics based on biomass-derived compounds are attracting attention as an ...

Since the 1950s, over 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste have been generated, yet only 5–7 % has been recycled. 1 As awareness of these challenges grows, biodegradable materials have emerged as ...

Research and development of plant-derived "biodegradable ... plastics" is underway to solve our problem of plastics accumulating in the environment. Polylactic acid, the most basic bioplastic ...

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 ...

A new study, "Replacing Traditional Plastics with Biodegradable Plastics ... The stages include the acquisition of raw materials, plastics production, manufacturing of products and waste disposal ...

Growing public awareness of plastic waste and its negative environmental impact has resulted in an increased popularity of ...

The ANIPH project will replace single-use fossil-based plastics with biobased and biodegradable PHA materials in disaster and ...

The European project PROMICON issues five policy recommendations to support a new method for the production of sustainable ...

Bengaluru’s Aecoz, owned by Dhanvita Sathyanand, Srinidhi Rajaram, and Bharath Sathyanand, is proving that sustainable ...

His team is involved in many efforts to develop chemically recyclable, biodegradable, and overall more sustainable alternatives to today's plastic materials. He said that while many people ...

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia.