Newswise — According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation’s food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers develop a catalyst-free process that turns plastic waste into useful chemicals using water and oxygen. (CREDIT: ...

Polystyrene is made from styrene building blocks and is the most widely used plastic in terms of volume, for example in packaging. Unlike PET, which can now be produced and recycled using ...

DARTMOUTH — It's easy to reach the level of despair when it comes to the world's plastics problem. A 2017 study published in the online journal Science Advances revealed that only 9% of the plastics ...

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in plastic sustainability by developing a simple chemical process that transforms widely used plastics into rapidly degrading materials, offering new hope in ...

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 ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process. The research team from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and ...

Several new projects turn waste into food for microbes that create PHA, a type of plastic that fully decomposes on its own, offering a less costly alternative to current bioplastics. This fork made of ...

Dublin, Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Biodegradable Plastics Market by Type (PLA, Starch Blends, PBAT, PHA, PBS), End-Use Industry (Packaging, Consumer Goods, Textiles, Agriculture & ...

Man enzyme” that helps bacteria devour certain types of plastic and may offer new hope in the fight against plastic pollution ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...