You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

By Buertey Francis BORYORThe President of the Ghana E-Waste Recyclers Association (EWROTA), Gilbert Odjidja, has called for the adoption of a deposit return system (DRS) in Ghana as a sustainable ...

Plastic is often associated with things that are harmful to the environment, due to it not being biodegradable. However, in ...

Growing public awareness of plastic waste and its negative environmental impact has resulted in an increased popularity of biobased biodegradable polymers. Customers as well as companies are looking ...

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However, the real promise lies in the third generation of bioplastics, which utilises microorganisms to produce biodegradable plastics from biomass. “We’re working on 3rd generation ...

They tested one brand of tea bags made of polylactic acid, a biodegradable plant-based plastic, and found about 1 million nanoplastic particles were released per tea bag. For the new study ...

A team of MIT researchers is taking on microplastics with an encouraging novel biodegradable material that can not only replace the tiny plastic beads added to cleaners and beauty products but also ...

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But researchers in the Philippines have developed a novel solution to keep plastic mulch out of our gardens and crop rows: biodegradable paper mulch. It took researchers two years to develop the ...

Biobased plastics are plastics that are made entirely or partially from biological resources such as sustainably grown biomass and bio-waste. Examples include bio-polyethylene from sugarcane or corn ...