A proposed ban on single-use plastics is a boon for the bioplastic industry, but it has a pretty dirty secret.

Study shows biodegradable plastics offer superior chemical recyclability and economic value for sustainable waste management ...

Swiss scientists have created a new plastic-like material that's flexible, biodegradable, and even edible. The secret? It's still alive. The material, which was created by a team from Empa in ...

Most things fall apart in water. Paper, cardboard, and many eco-friendly alternatives to plastic turn soft and useless the moment they get soaked. Researchers have now created a biodegradable material ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The protein that keeps your yogurt thick and your cheese stretchy just got a new job: replacing plastic wrap. Researchers from ...

Plastic pollution is one of the most defining environmental challenges of our time. Despite efforts to recycle or responsibly dispose of plastic, vast garbage patches in the oceans continue to grow, ...

Plastic packaging fills up landfills – engineers are working on a bio-based alternative that could replace the kind shown ...

When the "eco-friendly" bioplastic, polylactic acid (PLA), biodegrades, the resulting nanoplastics can accumulate in the ...

Switching to biodegradable plastics could slash toxic pollution by more than a third and dramatically reduce global waste by mid-century but only if cities and companies invest in the right disposal ...