The fossil-derived content of plastic products could be reduced by 20 per cent with NbR, a biodegradable resin developed by Symphony Environmental. NbR can be used by plastics manufacturers with ...

The new material is as strong as conventional plastics and biodegradable, but what makes it special is that it breaks down in seawater. The new plastic is therefore expected to help reduce harmful ...

It concluded: "Oxo-degradable plastic packaging shall not be considered ... "If they had been they would have made it clear on the show." Packham's agent said his client did not want to comment ...

The solution offers the same properties as virgin plastics. Credit: Fortum. Fortum Recycling & Waste has introduced INGA, which is claimed to be the first biodegradable plastic created entirely from ...

The wipes contain non-biodegradable plastic. So manufacturers will either ... of wet wipes to make sure labelling on packaging is clear and people know how to dispose of them properly," a ...

coli bacteria and a fiber matrix, creating a film-like material that biodegrades faster than other biodegradable plastics. The study was recently published in Nature Communications. “The kind of ...

Some plastics take hundreds of years to biodegrade, and some never fully do, so it means a lot of it sits around in landfill sites. Our planet doesn’t have infinite space, but lots of the ways ...

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 material ...

We hear the word 'biodegradable' a lot - from teabags to toiletries, many products are starting to go zero-waste to reduce plastic. But what does it actually mean? When something is ...

NatureWorks and other makers of biodegradable plastic are putting forward their products as one of those solutions. But even biodegradable plastics shed microplastics, though they won’t persist ...