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 ...

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 ...

However, polystyrene is non-biodegradable ... The reduction in the amount of raw materials used in these foamed plastic cups should also make them cheaper to produce than conventional plastic ...

Biodegradable plastics can be broken down by microorganisms into water ... To do this in a sustainable way, we must replace fossil carbon as a raw material with renewable (CO2 or biobased) carbon.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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